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Teacher & Student Advisory Boards Inform Argumentative Writing Project

Mikva Challenge, with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has launched the Argumentative Writing Project to channel the...

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Soapbox – a teacher’s reflection

With as rough as 2020 was, I was not expecting to have such a fond memory to hold onto from this...

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Teacher Happy Hour

Teachers, you’re invited to spend the evening with Jeff Horwitt from Hart Research. Join us for a chance to hear directly...

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Chicago Unheard: I Miss School, And I’m Adapting to Pandemic Learning, Too

From Chicago Unheard. Bryan Meeker | May 12, 2020 I Miss School, And I’m Adapting to Pandemic Learning, Too

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Teacher Spotlight: Fabiana Muench-Casanova

When our Soapbox Nation submission box was flooded with powerful speeches by students from Fabiana Muench-Casanova’s classes – we just had...

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Civics Education and Student-Driven Civic Action

From Edutopia. By Karen Lee | December 13, 2019 https://www.edutopia.org/article/civics-education-and-student-driven-civic-action  

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From Mobilizing Youth Voters to Developing Lifelong Civic Leaders

From Social Education. By: Jill Bass and Brian Brady | Issue: November/December, 2019 https://www.socialstudies.org/publications/socialeducation/november-december2019 Every four years during the presidential election...

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Mikva Challenge Releases: Issues to Action…2020!

Amidst the polarization and gridlock of national politics, this newly revamped curriculum is equipping young people nationwide to take informed civic...

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Comics In The Classroom: Teaching Democracy

From the Beachwood Reporter September 24, 2019 The annual Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey finds that only 26% of Americans can...

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