Civics Is Dead
Poll after poll, interview after interview, survey after survey, and assessment after assessment consistently show that the students of America do not know the basic history of our country or the essential responsibilities and rights of being an American citizen. 23 minutes of history education in a school day is not enough. Join educator Cindy Schwartz for a deep dive into the reasons why the study of social studies and civics has been sidelined. Because if civics is really dead, then what happens next?
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S2E5 - A Beacon of Light
00:37:00
Friday 06 November 2020
: In this episode, we connect with New York State’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, Rachel Murat - a true “Boots on the Ground” civics...
S2E4 - Happy Days Are Here Again?
00:32:55
Friday 30 October 2020
: In this episode, we speak with author, historian, professor and Director of Secondary Education at Hofstra University, Dr. Alan Singer, who...
S2E3 - Gone With The Wind
00:22:46
Friday 23 October 2020
: JFK majored in history and so did business entrepreneur Martha Stewart, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer,
comedian Larry David, and a host of other...
S2E2 - College - Friend or Foe?
00:23:28
Friday 16 October 2020
: Research is telling us that the teaching of Social Studies, American history and civics is decreasing in American schools, particularly at...
S2E1 - Toto, We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
00:23:55
Friday 09 October 2020
: Welcome back to another informative season of Civics is Dead! Our second season, “Boots on the Ground” continues to explore the...
Season 2 of Civics Is Dead, "Boots on the Ground" - Coming Friday, October 9th!
00:01:04
Thursday 08 October 2020
: Season 2 of Civics Is Dead premieres Friday, October 9th! New episodes will be released every Friday through November 6th.
This season,...
Bonus: Oh Happy Day
00:17:57
Thursday 12 March 2020
: “Oh Happy Day” - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote!
On...
S1E6 - It’s All About The Teacher
00:28:23
Monday 14 October 2019
: We continue our look at how to address the problem of the decreasing amount of time American schools are devoting to the teaching of...
S1E5 - Fixing The Problem
00:19:37
Monday 14 October 2019
: We examine the results of the 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education and see how the results reveal a path forward – a path that...
S1E4 - Ready, Set, Go…
00:24:18
Monday 14 October 2019
: We tackle the 2009 roll-out of President Barack Obama’s “Race To The Top” education reform initiative to see if our schools, teachers,...
Monday 14 October 2019
: It's time to explore the reasons WHY schools aren’t devoting more classroom time to teaching social studies, history and civics. Could it...
S1E2 - The Plot Thickens
00:17:13
Monday 14 October 2019
: The plot thickens as we unravel the results of a 2018 survey conducted by The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation that details the...
S1E1 - What’s Wrong?
00:19:00
Monday 14 October 2019
: In the first episode of Civics Is Dead, we lay out the statistics that let us know that something is terribly wrong with the knowledge (and...
Teaser - Civics Is Dead Season 1
00:00:36
Thursday 26 September 2019
: Poll after poll, interview after interview, survey after survey, and assessment after assessment consistently show that the students of...