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Political Science’s Role in the Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy

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iCivics Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy Shawn Healy will chair a roundtable discussion about how political scientists can help fuel the implementation of the Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy for sustaining and strengthening our constitutional democracy.

Session Description:

The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy (EAD) reimagines K-12 civic education and requires alignment with the higher education community, political scientists in particular. A viewpoint-diverse national network of scholars, educators, and practitioners synthesized expert judgment from the fields of history, political science, law, and education about the content and instructional strategies needed for excellent U.S. history and civic education for all learners. The EAD Roadmap guides state and federal policy advocacy efforts to strengthen K-12 civic education and will ultimately influence the civic development of the nation’s high school graduates and future college attendees. This requires vertical alignment with undergraduate political science courses and developing stronger political science content knowledge among collegiate preservice teachers. This session will provide an overview of the EAD Roadmap and discuss how political scientists can help fuel its implementation for sustaining and strengthening our constitutional democracy.

Chair: Shawn Healy, iCivics
Presenter: Paul O. Carrese, Arizona State University
Presenter: Peter Levine, Tufts University

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