Youth Civic Engagement in the Classrooms
The Stanford Daily recently posted an article on a consensus report titled "Youth Civic Development & Education." The report discusses the need for more civic engagement in the classrooms to prepare students for effective participation in civic life, and what that would look like.
"Students are not finding inspiration in civic values as taught in schools today, nor are they gaining a sense that they are able to engage effectively in civic and political domains... It is difficult to find significant numbers of young people from any sector who have enough interest in civic affairs to inspire any aspirations to present or future civic leadership. Such a lack of civic preparation and motivation among the young places the future of our democracy in great peril" (Youth Civic Development & Education report).
Thanks to one of our partners Kid's Voting Hawaii for sharing!
