Civic Education: Filling the Gap
Between 10 and 15 years ago, Political Science teaching was abuzz with talk of a renewed interest in civic engagement. I was part of this trend, partnering with retired U.S. Senator Bob Graham during my sabbatical to develop a curriculum for high schools. We learned a lot during this time about how much more complicated this was going to be than we had imagined. Since then I have re-tooled, still teaching the original curriculum in classes where it is a fit but developing a new civic education curriculum to fill the gap between traditional curricula and civic engagement. Read all about it in my latest MPSA blog entry .