Mar 15, 2021
What are schools really teaching our kids? Are they educating them on information that is actually relevant to our world right now? Most of our schools just aren’t teaching our kids things like how to vote and make wise decisions about policies. Those topics usually aren’t even brought up. That’s why I am so excited to talk with Ashley Berner this week.
Ashley is the Director of the John Hopkins Institute for Education Policy. In this position, she helps make the connection between what happens in schools to how prepared students are to be active citizens of a democratic society. In this episode, we are discussing the role parents have in preparing our kids for that kind of conscious citizenship. Tune in to hear some amazing insights from Ashley.
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Some resources for parents:
“Parent Resource: Civics at Home.” Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, April 22, 2020.
“In a Polarized America, What Can We Do about Civil Disagreement?” Brookings (blog), April 10, 2020.
“Partisanship and American Education.” Flypaper at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute(blog), October 15, 2020.
“An Informed Citizenry.” Johns Hopkins University: The Hub(blog), October 30, 2020.
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