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Why Does Civic Engagement Matter in Schools?

This entry was posted in Homepage Posts and tagged civic engagement digital age educating for democracy on January 29, 2014 by Young Whan Choi

When asked why civic engagement matters in schools, History teacher Jesse Shapiro gave the following response, “I found that students really step their game up. Their writing is much better when they know that other people’s eyes, other than me, [are] going to be on it. They become better speakers, […]

Why Community Ready? 2

This entry was posted in Homepage Posts and tagged civic engagement community ready digital age educating for democracy on August 29, 2013 by mc11evans@gmail.com

If you follow education in Oakland, you may be familiar with the phrase “college and career ready.” If you google that phrase, you will come upon the Achieve.org website, which states that “college and career readiness means that a high school graduate has the knowledge and skills in English and mathematics […]

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