Civics and History Education

Refocusing our energies on our civic relationships and our country’s enduring legacy should be an important part of school curriculum.

Teachers should encourage civics education because civic engagement affects government and government controls education

The 11 Principles of character education, updated: what the framework says now, what a 214-study review found, and steps for school leaders.

Shippee shares his experiential approach to learning through technology that has greatly benefited his students. In addition, professional development is examined by Shippee as he adds insight into the success of Google For Education Summits and the enthusiasm shared by colleagues like himself.

For quite some time now, Election 2016 has taken a dark and lewd turn. Whether it be the aggressive sexualization of women or nasty political rhetoric, media coverage is eating it up and ignoring candidates stances on critical issues that voters need to hear. Education is especially quiet during this election cycle, amongst other issues, both in the media and even in classrooms. Where normally young students are rightfully exposed to civics, the debates are perhaps too inappropriate for young and impressionable minds.

edCircuit Opinion
It was a very eventful year for The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, commonly referred to as FIRE. There has been a great deal of pressure on Colleges and Universities to publicly confront issues amongst the student body including race, sexual assault, gay rights and politically correct comments. Many would argue that these institutions are getting too involved, others say that they are not intervening enough.

John McLaughlin, Ph.D. joined me for coffee to discuss how some of us look at the history of education reform and the realities of where we are and the paths we are currently taking. McLaughlin had previously commented on an op-ed from Dick Yarbrough  Here are some of McLaughlin’s previous thoughts on the topic:

Donna Krache talks to educators who are using STEM-focused skills to teach social studies in the hopes of preparing the next generation to be informed citizens.

edCircuit conducts a Skype interview with Michelle Herczog, president of the National Council for the Social Studies.  Herczog talks about the importance of this subject area, the latest NAEP results in social studies, and the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards.