Professor Drew Kurlowski (Coastal Carolina University) leads a discussion with South Carolina K-12 teachers.
JMC Awarded Templeton Grant

We are proud to announce a $1.7 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation in support of the Civics Foundations Graduate Consortium, a groundbreaking partnership designed to advance rigorous, content-rich graduate education for civics and US history teachers. The Civics Foundations Graduate Consortium is the nation’s first university collaborative dedicated to advancing graduate education for civics and history teachers.

We are grateful to the John Templeton Foundation for their support and partnership. This transformative three-year investment will enable the Consortium to expand graduate course offerings taught by JMC network professors, add dozens of new institutional partners, and expand Utah Valley University’s innovative Master’s of Constitutional Government, Civics, and Law.
Read the full announcement here
Missed our Juneteenth webinar? Watch the recording here.
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The 2026 National Summit on Civic Education will bring together civic educators, thought leaders, funders, and business and civil society leaders in conversation around the Declaration of Independence and its extraordinary relevance in American education today. Interested in participating? Learn more at our website.
What we're reading
Civics and America's 250th Birthday
JMC President Hans Zeiger reflects on the many ways America's semiquincentennial can serve as a rallying point for civic education in RealClear Education.
A Day for More than Burning Firecrackers
JMC Board Member Lucas Morel and Academic Council Member Jonathan White discuss Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence in RealClear History.
America needs a civic education moonshot, before it’s too late
Our friends at More Perfect, JMC National Civics Council member Colleen Shogan and John Bridgeland, advance the  cause of the “civics renaissance" in The Hill.
To prepare for America’s 250th, go back and read the Declaration of Independence
JMC Vice President of Academic Programs Thomas Kelly discusses how the founding documents can foster greater unity among Americans in The Hill. 
Is Antisemitism Un-American?
"The Hebrew Bible shaped foundational principles...at the heart of our nationhood," write JMC Founder and Chair Emeritus Jack Miller and JMC Board Member Wilfred M. McClay. They discussed anti-semitism and American principles in The Dispatch.
Juneteenth and the Power of an ‘Ink and Paper Proclamation’
JMC Board Member Lucas Morel and Academic Council member Jonathan White appeared in the Wall Street Journal, writing on Juneteenth and Frederick Douglass's view of the Emancipation Proclamation. 
Strong civics education curbs polarization in America
"As America grapples with escalating polarization, encouraging signs point toward genuine civic renewal," writes William Fletcher for The Washington Examiner. Read our full annual report here.
About the Jack Miller Center
 
The Jack Miller Center is a nonpartisan educational venture to advance the work of scholars who teach and study the ideas, documents, and history we hold in common as Americans. We seek to grow the talent pipeline of university educators who teach the American political tradition, to forge new models for university-based training of K-12 civics and history teachers, and to build a diverse coalition of Americans to ignite a civic education renaissance.

To learn more about our work, visit jackmillercenter.org. 
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