Higher Education - A Look at the Resistance, Right?

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Only one third of republicans agree that colleges and universities have a positive impact on society, down from 58 % just a decade ago. But i think there's also another side, right? Because despite all this, some of the most inspiring contemporary exam s of collective action in service of democracy come from teachers around the country. And they've looke it like the way students are being tracked. So i think what this really shows us is the radical struggle,. in the past and now, in the classroom and beyond, should be one of the most important parts of the curriculum next time, we look at how well prepared people are as citizens to make an effective democracy.

In most American schools, children *hear about* democracy, but don’t get to *practice* it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like?

Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with Arielle Jennings, Hilary Moss, and Nikole Hannah-Jones.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. Music by the Summer Street Brass Band, Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.

Photo: Stephen Buckley, Jelicity Mercado, Bella Goncalves, and Angelica Pareja, eighth-grade students at Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell, Massachusetts, with their award at Civics Day in Boston, December 2019.