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The shofar blasts on Constitution Day

Can Civics Lessons for the Young Help Mend Society? Letter to the Editor

Civinomics: Why Civic Education?

Civic Spirit September 2023 Newsletter

Schools Should Not Be Factories

The shifting Labor Day landscape: Making meaning in the 21st century

Civic Spirit August 2023 Newsletter

The attack on Salman Rushdie and freedom of expression

Jolts of justice: A balancing act

Civic Spirit July 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit June 2023 Newsletter

Faith-based communities have a role to play in strengthening democracy

2022-2023 Educators Cohort Yearbook

Civic Spirit May 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit April 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit March 2023 Newsletter

Remembering the four chaplains eighty years later

Prizmah Podcast Live: Teaching Towards an Ethical Democracy.

Embodying Civic Spirit

How do bridge-building groups overcome political polarization?

Thinking about Chautauqua

NYC rabbi witnesses stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie.

I’m a rabbi who witnessed the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua. Here is how we can combat this type of hate.

The Luminous Crossroads of Faith and Civic Learning

We the Educators Evaluation

New Civic Spirit Executive Director Announcement

Repairing America’s Broken Democracy: Interview with Bridge Alliance Member, Lindsay Bressman of Civic Spirit

Ma’ayanot Launches Faculty-Student Civic Dialogue Initiative.

Civic Spirit Student Internships

Summer Institute Evaluation

My Civics students taught me how to honor an imperfect country on the Fourth of July

Advancing Civic Learning: From the Classroom to the Cafeteria

Delegates Program Evaluation

We the Educators Evaluation – 2021

How Civic Spirit Used Sched to Create Community

Get Personal: Lessons from a U.S. Government Teacher

We the Educators

Interview–Story of Civic Spirit

Coming of Age in America: Do We Need a Civic Bar Mitzvah?

We the Educators: Civic Symposium Presenters

When Polling Fails, Read a Book

How to talk to kids about the election and fraught politics

Civic Responsibility 2020

“Civics Education is integral to Jewish Education.”

I Teach Civics

Holy Bridges: Building Community in 2020 and Beyond

Will Your Vote Match Your Values?

Student Delegates Program Evaluation

Interfaith (Virtual) Cafe Hour

Civic Engagement for the College Student

The Splendor of Waiting

MTA Student Leaders Participate in Civic Spirit Day

Civic Spirit @HOME

Media Literate Teens

Civic Spirit Day @HOME Evaluation

Media Literacy Challenge Announcement

Youth Saving America

What is Civic Spirit?

2020 Two Year Evaluation

Media Literacy Challenge

Inheriting Democracy

Catholic School Fights Anti-Semitism with Class on Jewish History

Teens at a mostly African-American school in Brooklyn have questions about Jews. A Holocaust class provides some answers

Around the Boroughs Update

Students Sue Rhode Island for Lack of Civic Education

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Report

A Jew & Catholic walk into a classroom…

The Hope of Our Students

New York’s Civic Education Renewal

What America Means to Me

“High-Impact Civic Education Projects: A Guide for Donors”

Questions We Hold

Civic Spirit Day Evaluation

First Year Reflection

What is Civic Education?

Youth Call for Service

2019 Civic Spirit Day Full Evaluation

Engaging Religious Teens to be Active Citizens: Civic Spirit Day 2019

Teacher Prompt: Prayer For America

Inquiry Form

Grateful Citizen

Civic Spirit Day: Pre-Reading

Teaching Civics in the Age of Polarization

Civic Spirit at Prizmah Conference

Civic Engagement: Walking the Walk

Summer Institute Retrospective

Be a Mensch as You Walk Through the World

Episode 17: I’m Curious Why You Feel that Way, with Tamara Tweel, Part 1

Summer Institute 2018 Full Evaluation

Summer Institute 2018 Executive Summary

Teaching Civic Spirit in the Trump Era

Episode 18: I’m Curious Why You Feel That Way, with Dr. Tamara Tweel, Part 2

New Education Focus On Old-School Civics

Conceived in Liberty

Democratizing the Great Books

An Intimate Education

The shofar blasts on Constitution Day

Can Civics Lessons for the Young Help Mend Society? Letter to the Editor

Civinomics: Why Civic Education?

Civic Spirit September 2023 Newsletter

Schools Should Not Be Factories

The shifting Labor Day landscape: Making meaning in the 21st century

Civic Spirit August 2023 Newsletter

The attack on Salman Rushdie and freedom of expression

Jolts of justice: A balancing act

Civic Spirit July 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit June 2023 Newsletter

Faith-based communities have a role to play in strengthening democracy

2022-2023 Educators Cohort Yearbook

Civic Spirit May 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit April 2023 Newsletter

Civic Spirit March 2023 Newsletter

Remembering the four chaplains eighty years later

Prizmah Podcast Live: Teaching Towards an Ethical Democracy.

Embodying Civic Spirit

How do bridge-building groups overcome political polarization?

Thinking about Chautauqua

NYC rabbi witnesses stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie.

I’m a rabbi who witnessed the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua. Here is how we can combat this type of hate.

The Luminous Crossroads of Faith and Civic Learning

We the Educators Evaluation

New Civic Spirit Executive Director Announcement

Repairing America’s Broken Democracy: Interview with Bridge Alliance Member, Lindsay Bressman of Civic Spirit

Ma’ayanot Launches Faculty-Student Civic Dialogue Initiative.

Civic Spirit Student Internships

Summer Institute Evaluation

My Civics students taught me how to honor an imperfect country on the Fourth of July

Advancing Civic Learning: From the Classroom to the Cafeteria

Delegates Program Evaluation

We the Educators Evaluation – 2021

How Civic Spirit Used Sched to Create Community

Get Personal: Lessons from a U.S. Government Teacher

We the Educators

Interview–Story of Civic Spirit

Coming of Age in America: Do We Need a Civic Bar Mitzvah?

We the Educators: Civic Symposium Presenters

When Polling Fails, Read a Book

How to talk to kids about the election and fraught politics

Civic Responsibility 2020

“Civics Education is integral to Jewish Education.”

I Teach Civics

Holy Bridges: Building Community in 2020 and Beyond

Will Your Vote Match Your Values?

Student Delegates Program Evaluation

Interfaith (Virtual) Cafe Hour

Civic Engagement for the College Student

The Splendor of Waiting

MTA Student Leaders Participate in Civic Spirit Day

Civic Spirit @HOME

Media Literate Teens

Civic Spirit Day @HOME Evaluation

Media Literacy Challenge Announcement

Youth Saving America

What is Civic Spirit?

2020 Two Year Evaluation

Media Literacy Challenge

Inheriting Democracy

Catholic School Fights Anti-Semitism with Class on Jewish History

Teens at a mostly African-American school in Brooklyn have questions about Jews. A Holocaust class provides some answers

Around the Boroughs Update

Students Sue Rhode Island for Lack of Civic Education

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Report

A Jew & Catholic walk into a classroom…

The Hope of Our Students

New York’s Civic Education Renewal

What America Means to Me

“High-Impact Civic Education Projects: A Guide for Donors”

Questions We Hold

Civic Spirit Day Evaluation

First Year Reflection

What is Civic Education?

Youth Call for Service

2019 Civic Spirit Day Full Evaluation

Engaging Religious Teens to be Active Citizens: Civic Spirit Day 2019

Teacher Prompt: Prayer For America

Inquiry Form

Grateful Citizen

Civic Spirit Day: Pre-Reading

Teaching Civics in the Age of Polarization

Civic Spirit at Prizmah Conference

Civic Engagement: Walking the Walk

Summer Institute Retrospective

Be a Mensch as You Walk Through the World

Episode 17: I’m Curious Why You Feel that Way, with Tamara Tweel, Part 1

Summer Institute 2018 Full Evaluation

Summer Institute 2018 Executive Summary

Teaching Civic Spirit in the Trump Era

Episode 18: I’m Curious Why You Feel That Way, with Dr. Tamara Tweel, Part 2

New Education Focus On Old-School Civics

Conceived in Liberty

Democratizing the Great Books

An Intimate Education

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