Civics Education 2: When the Curriculum is Against the Law

<p>Today is the second part in our series about the state of civic education in the US. We talk about how teachers choose what to teach, so-called "divisive concepts laws," and how we can approach disagreements without falling prey to "division actors."</p><p>This episode features </p><ul><li>Louise Dube, Executive Director of <a href="https://www.icivics.org/">iCivics</a> and member of the Implementation Consortium at <a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/">Educating for American Democracy</a></li><li>Justin Reich, Director at <a href="https://tsl.mit.edu/">MIT Teaching Systems Lab</a> and host of the <a href="https://www.teachlabpodcast.com/">TeachLab podcast</a></li><li>CherylAnne Amendola,  Department Chair and teacher at Montclair Kimberly Academy and host of the podcast <a href="https://teachinghistoryherway.com/">Teaching History Her Way</a></li></ul><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-where-critical-race-theory-is-under-attack/2021/06">Click here</a> to see a map of all the states that have passed legislation limiting what teachers can say regarding race, sex, gender, etc. </p><p><a href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/the-roadmap/">Click here</a> to see the Interactive Roadmap by Educating for American Democracy.</p><p>And while we're throwing out links, <a href="https://secure3.convio.net/nhpr/site/Donation2?3651.donation=form1&df_id=3651&mfc_pref=T&s_src=cye2020&s_subsrc=website&utm_campaign=Civics%20101%20CYE%202020&utm_medium=Website&utm_source=Donate%20Button">click here</a> to support our show, it means the world to us. </p>