<p>In this episode, UVA Center for Politics interns, Ben Hummer and Tory Knachel interview teachers and students from across the nation asking them how civics education can save democracy. The podcast features Ali McKersie of the Bank Street School in New York and Jared Morris, a Division Curriculum Innovation Lead at Madison County Public Schools in Virginia.</p>

In this episode, UVA Center for Politics interns, Ben Hummer and Tory Knachel interview teachers and students from across the nation asking them how civics education can save democracy. The podcast features Ali McKersie of the Bank Street School in New York and Jared Morris, a Division Curriculum Innovation Lead at Madison County Public Schools in Virginia.

Bridging the Gap

YLI’s podcast series, Rebuilding Democracy, highlights teachers registered with the Youth Leadership Initiative who are using  materials created by  the UVA Center for Politics to EXCITE, ENGAGE and EMPOWER students to lifelong civic engagement.  Each twenty minute segment will showcase a teacher or teachers who are making a difference and not letting constraints in the teaching environment stop them from providing hands-on, authentic learning in their schools.  These teachers will demonstrate how  YLI and Center for Politics resources can be used to connect classrooms with parents and organizations to use the tools of a democratic republic to solve problems in the local community.  The Rebuilding Democracy Podcast seeks to inspire teachers to join in and start the rebuilding process by using programs from the Youth Leadership Initiative.

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YLI’s podcast series, Rebuilding Democracy, highlights teachers registered with the Youth Leadership Initiative who are using materials created by the UVA Center for Politics to EXCITE, ENGAGE and EMPOWER students to lifelong civic engagement. Each twenty minute segment will showcase a teacher or teachers who are making a difference and not letting constraints in the teaching environment stop them from providing hands-on, authentic learning in their schools. These teachers will demonstrate how YLI and Center for Politics resources can be used to connect classrooms with parents and organizations to use the tools of a democratic republic to solve problems in the local community. The Rebuilding Democracy Podcast seeks to inspire teachers to join in and start the rebuilding process by using programs from the Youth Leadership Initiative.

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