Civics 101

Civics Education 2: When the Curriculum is Against the Law

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Today is the second part in our series about the state of civic education in the US. We talk about how teachers choose what to teach, so-called "divisive concepts laws," and how we can approach disagreements without falling prey to "division actors."

This episode features 

  • Louise Dube, Executive Director of iCivics and member of the Implementation Consortium at Educating for American Democracy
  • Justin Reich, Director at MIT Teaching Systems Lab and host of the TeachLab podcast
  • CherylAnne Amendola,  Department Chair and teacher at Montclair Kimberly Academy and host of the podcast Teaching History Her Way

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    Click here to see a map of all the states that have passed legislation limiting what teachers can say regarding race, sex, gender, etc. 

    Click here to see the Interactive Roadmap by Educating for American Democracy.

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