IT iS APPROPRiATE that in writing a book about how communities affect us, I have been
supported by many people in different, but often overlapping, communities. This book began …

The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States,
citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their …

From curriculum standards and testing to school choice and civic learning, issues in
American education are some of the most debated in the United States. The Institutions of …

The local school board is one of America's enduring venues of lay democracy at work. In
Democracy, Deliberation, and Education, Robert Asen takes the pulse of this democratic …

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1817 'LIBRARIES' Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 City Schools and City Politics Page 6 STUDIES IN …

264 PS April 2004 early 1960s have weakened, and the principle of individual choice has
emerged as our central value. Indeed, citizenship itself has become optional, as the sense of …

Scholars across several social science disciplines have indicated that the behavior
described by the term" civic engagement" is girded by a set of attitudes that show knowledge …

Mr. Westheimer and Mr. Kahne, guest editors of this special section, note the lack of
consensus regarding the means and goals of civic education in the US While there is an …

In one of her first acts as president of the American Political Science Association in 1996,
Elinor Ostrom created the “Task Force on Civic Education for the Next Century.” Ostrom …

How does formal education matter for inequalities of political behavior across the citizenry?
Most answers to this question focus on the things that schools allocate, such as skills …