2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (311+ words) Gettysburg Connection The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College will hold its annual Democracy Week September 14–19 The theme this year is America at 250: Our Democracy, Our World The week will bring together three major programs examining American democracy through history, voting…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (474+ words) STAR EXPLAINS: What are Flock cameras? NIU football clobbered 40-0 at No. 22 Iowa in season opener NIU quarterback battle continues as season nears That time I found confidence wearing my hearing aids Get the Flock out of DeKalb DeKALB – The political…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (189+ words) BRAINERD — Students from Brainerd Public Schools took the top two places at the State Civics Bee over the summer. Justus Anderson took first place, while Fern Schmidt took second. Fellow Brainerd student Maggie Praham also competed at the state level....

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (508+ words) Citizenship is a familiar word. What Americans expect from it, what self-government requires of the people living under it, and how those responsibilities have evolved across nearly 250 years of American democracy are considerably larger questions. Those questions will come to…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (434+ words) Progressive Policy Institute Teaching American Democracy: Understanding Who We Are As Americans and Why America has an extraordinary tale to tell. In a world of kings and queens, the founders created a revolutionary system of self-governance aimed at honoring political…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (331+ words) A talk about how to achieve happiness and an exploration of the country's founding ideals will fuel Grand Canyon University's inaugural Canyon Civic Conference. “When you say civic engagement, students assume it is limited to those that are in the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (743+ words) To mark America’s bicentennial in 1976, the names of 816 children were sealed in a time capsule in Philadelphia. On Wednesday, at the visitor center for the city’s storied Independence Hall, a new crop of elementary school students opened that capsule. In…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (355+ words) Nearly 163 years ago, Abraham Lincoln spoke of a government “by the people.” But in our currently dysfunctional politics, it often seems that only the loudest voices are heard. Few of us believe that we could play an active role in…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (197+ words) COVA has urged educational institutions in Telangana to adopt its Compassionate Citizenship Program, which promotes social awareness, environmental consciousness and civic responsibility among students. Following positive pilot results, the initiative is planned for expansion to 3,000 schools across the State Hyderabad:…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (552+ words) Home » All » Early Civic-hood Education All episodes of Good Neighbor Club Season 1 are now published and available on-demand on the WHYY Kids YouTube channel. We’ll be at the Fitler Club Ballroom September 14 from 5:30 to 7:30pm for the launch of New York…...