Sentences with phrase «greater civic virtue»

Mathews rejects the idea that «the renewed interest in governing caused by the election might lead to better teaching» and and greater civic virtue.

In a column for the Washington Post, Jay Mathews challenges the view that the renewed interest in governing caused by the election might lead to better teaching and greater civic virtue.

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Patting himself on the back perhaps a bit too often for being «tough - minded,» Macedo insists that, properly constructed, a civic education fostering liberal virtues is compatible with a great deal of diversity — and that what it is not compatible with does not deserve our respect or solicitude.

Many great scholars, scientists, and educators have notoriously lacked the civic virtues by being resident aliens, cosmopolitans, or epicureans.

In any presidential election year, the months before the election afford middle and high school teachers a great opportunity to engage students in the new The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (C3s) These new frameworks center on guiding students in activities so that they can see how citizens apply civic virtues and democratic principles and have the opportunity to see actual civic engagement in the democratic process.