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July 14, 2021

What Is American Citizenship?

Dennis Hale and Marc Landy

Citizenship as an office, or as a duty, is a discordant note in an age of “rights talk.” What makes American citizenship different?

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July 13, 2021

$300,000 for an M.F.A. in Film—Why Not?

David Acevedo

A new Wall Street Journal article exposes America’s broken student debt system—what can be done?

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July 8, 2021

Victory in Florida, the Texas Special Session, and the Model K-12 Civics Code

David Randall

Click to read the eighth issue of Resolute, our new Civics Alliance newsletter informing you about the most urgent issues in civics education.

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July 7, 2021

CRT in Higher Education: Is a Day of Reckoning Coming for the University of Texas?

Louis K. Bonham

UT President Hartzell has been content to ignore critics regarding his institution's plunge into wokeism. With a Texas Legislature special session coming up, he may be in for a rude awakening.

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July 7, 2021

Training Students to Protest Doesn’t a Civics Education Make

John D. Sailer

A good civics education prepares students to form their own political beliefs. Protest civics bypasses that preparation, integrating substantive political goals right into the classroom.

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