Sentences with phrase «civic action teaching»
This leads her into a full and sophisticated analysis of the effect of the movement for standards, assessment, and accountability on this kind of civic action teaching, and it is clear there is a bad mismatch.
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She more or less goes her own way in teaching the course, but after the first year of «Civics in Action,» the Boston Public Schools introduce standardized, districtwide midterm and final exams for it, and Levinson worries how her students will do.
She shows how schools can help address the civic empowerment gap by teaching collective action, openly discussing the racialized dimensions of citizenship, and provoking students by engaging their passions against contemporary injustices through action civics.
Instead, I am convinced, schools need to teach young people knowledge and skills to upend and reshape power relationships directly, through public, political, and civic action, not just private self - improvement.»
Every summer, YPP brings together 100 youth across our offices for a six week intensive summer action program that teaches civic engagement skills and involves young people in organizing campaigns.