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News in K-12 Civic Education
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Coalition Advances Pilot Civics Initiative in Florida
JMC, The Bill of Rights Institute, and The Ashbrook Center
Aim to Reach 6,800 Florida Teachers in Two Years
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The Jack Miller Center, The Bill of Rights Institute, and The Ashbrook Center have partnered on the American Civics and History Initiative, a multi-year pilot project to cultivate informed, patriotic citizens by deepening the knowledge of middle and high school social studies teachers.
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The initiative offers an array of seminars and courses that provide K-12 teachers the knowledge and content necessary to be highly effective in teaching our founding principles and history.
This project aims to reverse movements in civics education, which have been designed to minimize or denigrate America's history and principles, or to omit them from civics curricula altogether.
JMC programs are taught by our faculty partners from area colleges and universities. The most recent seminar in the series, titled "Should the Constitution be Understood as the Founders Understood It?", was held online February 27 and led by Prof. David Ramsey (University of West Florida).
The American History and Civics Initiative is our first coalition-based effort. Once this project is proven in Florida, we will be reaching out to other states to make this a nationwide effort.
JMC's K-12 efforts began in 2016 with our first project in Chicago, and our individual region-based projects have since expanded to New York City and Philadelphia along with statewide efforts in Wisconsin and Virginia.
Learn more about the JMC's K-12 Initiatives >>
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Tomorrow, join Yale professor Steven Smith online to learn more about today's "age of extremes" and why a civics education grounded in our founding principles is more important than ever. Scroll down for more info.
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If you are interested in bringing K-12 teacher education programs to your region or would like to support our current efforts, please contact Tom Kelly, JMC director of civic education outreach, at [email protected] or 484-436-0033.
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JMC WEBINAR, TUESDAY MARCH 16, 2021 AT 1PM ET
'Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes'
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Tomorrow, the JMC will host a conversation with Steven B. Smith (Yale) on his new book, Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes.
In his book, Professor Smith describes how patriotism is a matter of both the head and the heart, and how it is misunderstood by both nationalism and cosmopolitanism. He makes the case for 'enlightened patriotism,' which holds true our highest ideals without turning a blind eye to injustices and flaws. |
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 • 1:00 PM EDT
A virtual webinar through Zoom
Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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At JMC, our vast network of faculty is dedicated to teaching an honest, unbiased view to America’s history and founding principles.
With support from donors, JMC helps grow civic institutions on college campuses, hosts national programs such as lectures and panels, and develops programs for K-12 teachers.
A gift from you will sustain the work of our partner faculty and help our national network to grow. We work closely with donors and faculty to make sure that gifts are invested in programs of the donor’s choosing.
Your donation not only supports education in America’s founding principles—it is an investment in the future of American civic life. So far, JMC partners have taught more than one million students. Will you help us reach more?
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The battle for the soul of our nation will be won or lost in our classrooms.™
—Jack Miller
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About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity with the mission to reinvigorate education in America's founding principles and history. We work to advance the teaching and study of America's history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas and issues arising from the American and Western traditions—all of which continue to animate our national life.
We support professors and educators through programs, resources, fellowships and more to help them teach our nation's students.
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