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The vetting of potential vice presidents is famously invasive, and it's going on now. Possible running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden include Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She and anyone else being considered can expect some probing questions.
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Once upon a time the political parties selected the vice presidential candidate, but today the presidential nominee himself has much more input into the process. In fact, it has been said that a modern presidential candidate’s first show of leadership is the selection of a vice president. And so it will be with presumptive Democratic […]
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White House Videos (Archived video series from Obama WH)
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Today you see lots of history-making companies being created but not many new big civic organizations or movements.
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POMONA >> About 300 high school students kicked off a campaign Friday to get young people to register to vote, and they started by completing voter registration forms themselves.Many completed the forms and turned them in to fellow studen
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Opening keynote at 2013 Digital Media and Learning conference in Chicago, IL, by Ethan Zuckerman, Center for Civic Media, MIT. Notes on the talk at http://civic Via Felicia Sullivan
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They don't have their law degree or license but some high school students in competitive mock trial might give the professionals a run for their money.
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After dismal student voter turnout for midterms, higher ed advocates eye 2016.
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WASHINGTON — Americans are a little less likely to ask what they can do for their country these days. An Associated Press-GfK poll found that the sense of duty has slipped since a similar survey th...
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Young people are eager to serve and to change the world. They just have no faith that public service or elected office are the way to get it done.
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Brandon Tubby says students need more preparation to become active citizens in a democracy
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C-SPAN invited leaders from a variety of fields to discuss leadership and their commitment to public service with students at a number of Washington DC Public Schools. These lessons in leadership are recorded and shared with C-SPAN's national viewing audience. Each of the Students & Leaders programs are archived online and can be viewed at any time!
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A look at the vetting process, from two men who know it well.
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Springtime is the season of selecting a running mate—but the candidates may be running out of time.
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Catch the excitement of the Iowa Caucuses. Every four years, each party begins their delegate selection process here in Des Moines. Learn more today.
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We present lectures & debates on international current events & foreign policy. National security, energy policy, economic development and diplomacy are some of the key topics we cover.
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Haley Turner's curator insight,
October 8, 2013 2:46 AM
This website has a great list of tips to promote global citizenship in the classroom. It includes “Assemblies, activities and goals to stimulate your global citizens.” Using these tips teachers can generate conversation with students about their feelings in regards to topics such as; human rights, world hunger and educational issues as some children are denied an education. These topics will resinate with students and will provoke emotions as they can think about what it would be like to be in these children's shoes. As a class discussion can include feelings but lead into conversation about “what can we do?” to be a global citizen and make the world a better place (such as fund-raising ect). References to get further information and organisations are provided as links so students can see what people are already doing to help.
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The most recent study of the National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that students perform worse in civics and U.S. history than in any other subjects. Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor has launched an online project to counteract this trend, and spoke to WP Magazine about the importance of civics.
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Coming soon to a battleground state near you: White House campaigns combining census reports with Instagram and Twitter posts to target teenagers who aren’t yet 18 but will be by Election Day 2016. It’s an aggressive strategy with an obvious reward. More than eight million people will become legal adults eligible to vote for the first time...
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With a new Congress in power and the Obama administration looking for issues that have a chance for bipartisan support, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called to replace the landmark No Child Left Behind education
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Opinion: Schools need to transform how civics is taught and be more engaging for students.
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The Cardin-Grassley resolution affirms that civic education is essential to the well-being of the constitutional government of the United States. It recognizes that comprehensive and formal instruction in civics and government would provide students a basis for understanding the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the constitutional government of the United States. It also encourages elementary and secondary schools to develop curricula with demonstrated effectiveness in fostering civic competence, civic responsibility, and a reasoned commitment to the fundamental values and principles underlying the constitutional government of the United States. The resolution also calls for all teachers of civics and government to have access to adequate opportunities to enrich teaching through professional development programs to enrich their teaching capacity.