Articles related to "Civic Education"

If the Bill of Rights is the cornerstone of the Constitution, the First Amendment is the keystone to the Bill of Rights.

The 2008 Election season offers fertile ground for civic education, providing a living laboratory for understanding the US Constitution.

The "freedom to peaceably assemble" makes possible the exchange of information and ideas that a democratic society needs to make sound decisions about its own governance.

The history of the first amendment right of free speech goes back to Colonial America, before it was codified by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the Bill of Rights.

Our founders based their commitment to a free press on their knowledge and personal experience with a society that strictly prohibited it.

The US Constitution wouldn't be the law of the land without the Bill of Rights, and no civic education would be complete with a thorough grasp of the first ten amendments

There are several major categories of expression that educators and students should understand when evaluating what constitutes "free speech" in the First Amendment.

The Northwestern University Center for Talent Development (CTD) earns national recognition for gifted and talented student youth development.

Living in their melting pot nation, US youth statistics are changing. Racial and ethnic divisions are prevalent, and they are leaving the house earlier.

For hundreds of years, the prison has served as our first line of defense against the criminal elements in our society. But is it the best tool for the job?

Recent statistics show the degree to which American teens are less informed about and less interested in politics than their parent's and grandparents' generations.

Capitol Forum provides high school social studies teachers with student-centered lessons to promote dialogue about controversial current issues in U.S. foreign policy.