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How To Assess the Strength of a Democracy
Examining historical case studies with resources from our partner Facing History and Ourselves helps students...
In East L.A., Teenagers Tell New Stories About Their Neighborhood...
Civic engagement projects give students at East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy an opportunity to celebrate...
Asking Big Questions with the 2017 Facing History Student Essay...
Facing History’s essay contest prompts students to reflect on civic participation and ethical decision-making by...
Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age
The Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age Initiative's new video series documents best practices...
The New York Times Learning Network Civil Conversation Challenge for...
Teenagers all over the world are invited to take part in the New York Times...
A New School Year And Our Greatest Fear
As the summer winds down and a new school year begins, teacher-consultant and 2014 National...
Student Voices Count with ‘Letters to the Next President 2.0’
Teachers are using Letters to the Next President 2.0 to engage their students with civic...
Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age
"Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age," a recent article in Theory and Research in...
Publishing Site Now Open to Amplify Youth Voice
Letters to the Next President 2.0 publishing website launches. Student Submissions are rolling in.
David Axelrod On Why America Seems Divided
Many believe that media literacy is an essential component to education, and our partner The...
How Young People Are Changing Civics, by Any Media Necessary
In 2011, a young man named Mohammad posted a video on YouTube where he spoke...
Dear Next President, Young People Have Something to Say
Through the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, students and educators embrace digital writing...
Great Free Resources for Teaching Election 2016
From now through the fall, The New York Times Learning Network will be providing lesson...
By Learning From History, Teachers Help Nurture “Upstanders”
This election year, Facing History and Ourselves reminds us that young people can make a...
Linking Communities with STEM puts Compassion and Service into Practice
See how youth from socially and economically diverse backgrounds have come together, through an LRNG...
Miami Teens #ShareTheLove With Nonviolence Campaign and Concert
Teens from YOUmedia Miami grow an antiviolence campaign by flooding social media with messages of...
The Nuts and Bolts of Digital Civic Imagination
Through specific examples, this piece outlines ways that youth can use technology they're already familiar...
Multimedia Journal Helps Students Heal and Be Heard
At Chicago’s Tilden Career Community Academy, high school students double as enterprising reporters. They film,...
Youth Voices: A Community of Conversations
Youth Voices is a community and a platform. It’s an openly networked social media site...
iPads and Arts Education: Rewriting Cultural Narratives with The 524...
In recent years, much has been made of connected learning, and of new media’s power...
Community Teens Remix a National Art Museum in DC
You wouldn’t necessarily expect the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden—an arm of the Smithsonian Institution—to...
Getting Beyond “Clicktivism”
How young people at Oakland’s Youth Radio are using digital media to elevate their political voices. During...
Celebrating “Community Ready”
At the end of the 2014 school year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) honored 24...
Join #TeachDoNow Summer MOOC
By Matt Williams, Educational Technologist, KQED #TeachDoNow is a free, collaborative learning experience offered by...
