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June 23, 2021

The ‘Action Civics’ Bait-and-Switch

John D. Sailer

While advocates lament our lack of civic knowledge, a key tool they fund would do nothing to address the problem.

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June 22, 2021

Issue Brief: The C3 Framework

David Randall

A review of the National Council for the Social Studies’ "College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards."

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June 22, 2021

ED Celebrates Pride Month with New Interpretation of Title IX

David Acevedo

The Biden administration is on a dangerous path with Title IX, one that will only lead to rampant injustice for students, professors, and administrators alike.

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June 18, 2021

Tracking American Civics Legislation

David Randall

UPDATED: We're tracking every proposed American civics education bill, both on the federal and state level, and have organized our data here for public use.

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June 18, 2021

A Response to the “Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History”

Peter Wood

The twenty states that have begun the work to strengthen American civics and history education and ban “divisive concepts” based on race and sex stereotypes are preventing the imposition o......

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