Education for citizenship is a hot topic these days. Many are the pundits who bemoan the perceive political disaffection of the young, so the results of a recent report entitled “Citizenship and Education in Twenty-Eight Countries: Civic Knowledge and Engagement at Age Fourteen” is of more than passing interest.
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Category Archives: Education / Youth
The Importance of the Liberal Arts
Why study the liberal arts?
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Education and the Civil City
In Indianapolis today, there is no single issue as contentious as education. Even crime takes a back seat..
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Lessons from Littleton
As area high schools celebrate graduation, many of us are still trying to make sense of the events in Littleton and other communities recently devastated by teenage killers.
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Questions for Reformers
The voucher movement has been newly energized by the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a constitutional challenge to Wisconsin’s voucher program. The Court?s denial of certiorari leaves the Milwaukee plan in place, neither affirming the decision of the lower court nor speaking to the legal merits of the case. The Court has…
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