A “Dinner with Democracy” event encourages civil discourse, promotes deliberation, and exposes students to different perspectives. 

By confronting our inaccurate beliefs about youth apathy, we can engage and expand youth voter participation.

In this elementary level inquiry, students explore diverse political systems and consider the implications of how government leaders are chosen.

A textbook author reflects on the ethical and ideological choices she made in her quest to create a history book that would be relevant to demographically diverse high school students.

Creole culture is part of the fabric of America and an excellent topic for classrooms studying cultural diversity.

The outlined process of “Getting Critical with Inquiry Questions” can support teachers in the challenging but vital task of developing robust compelling questions for inquiry.

In this lesson, students consider important factors that converged to help civil rights activists win a decades-long struggle for voting rights.

Part 1 The 1960s evoke diverse memories, opinions, and messages from Americans living in the 21st century. Why have the sixties created such diverse sentiments and opposing reactions? Having a working definition for our institute is a valuable starting-off point. This webinar will attempt to define "The Sixties."

The approaches to conflict management that our schools select can either encourage the deepening of democracy or reproduce social inequality.

We need a new and different kind of classroom conversation about free speech—one that not only considers the legal and aspirational dimensions but also weighs the practice and impact of speech in daily life.