By Kristen Lobo Before leaving office, Massachusetts Governor Patrick signed the Unaccompanied Homeless Youth bill into law providing shelter and services to homeless youth on Tuesday, January 6th. According to the law, a homeless young person is defined as “a person 24 years of age or younger who is not in the physical custody or care of… Continue reading GC Boston Class Helps Passage of Homeless Youth Services Law
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Swimming Like a Duck
By Scott Warren I’ve always had a weird admiration for ducks. When I was younger, my grandparents lived steps away from a pond filled with ducks. I used to visit it frequently, illegally feeding them breadcrumbs, searching for ducklings, watching them swim. It’s a little cliché, but one of the most fascinating aspects… Continue reading Swimming Like a Duck
NYC DCs Reflect: Haikus from Training Day
At the end of two longs days of training, we asked our NYC Democracy Coaches to reflect on the experience in the form of a haiku. Lots of mixed emotions – from excitement to anxiousness to plain old fatigue after a long day. Boston, Bay Area, and Rhode Island DCs: you’re not alone! We’re all… Continue reading NYC DCs Reflect: Haikus from Training Day
Welcome to our Newest Intern, Admera!
Hi everyone, my name is Admera Khan and I am a transfer from Syracuse University studying the best two combinations, which I consider to be Politics and Spanish at NYU. I am currently a sophomore pretending to be a “real New Yorker” by living the life of a student/intern who thinks they understand how to… Continue reading Welcome to our Newest Intern, Admera!
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Why aren’t there more competent elected officials? The answer to this question is the same fifty years later. – The Atlantic This piece asks whether online learning is the future of education. – NPR While the spirit of activism is alive and well, there is a growing generational gap between the “old guard” and today’s… Continue reading #Trending @ GC
Testing is Not the Answer
Civics education is in the news, which, despite the sexiness that the subject connotes at Generation Citizen, does not happen very often. Specifically, led by Arizona, several states throughout the country are considering legislation that would make passing the citizenship test a requirement to graduate from high school. We care about young people becoming active… Continue reading Testing is Not the Answer
Strengthening Civic Learning in the Commonwealth: Generation Citizen’s Presentation for the Public Forum
Working Group for Civic Learning Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education January 22, 2015 Millbury Memorial Jr/Sr High School Thank you for this opportunity to present to the Working Group for Civic Learning. My name is Leila Quinn and I am the Massachusetts Advocacy Manager for Generation Citizen, or “GC.” We are a… Continue reading Strengthening Civic Learning in the Commonwealth: Generation Citizen’s Presentation for the Public Forum
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Each week, Generation Citizen shares pertinent articles in the education, democracy and policy spaces. We invite our readers to share and discuss on Facebook and Twitter. This MLK Day, remember the man who had a dream by volunteering in your community. – Volunteer Match Photographer James Baker reflects on the Selma-Montgomery March and shares his photographs of… Continue reading #Trending @ GC
To Revive our Democracy, Revive Civic Education
By Peter Levine and Scott Warren Published by The Hill With a new Congress in power and the Obama administration looking for issues that have a chance for bipartisan support, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called to replace the landmark No Child Left Behind education law. The proposed new law would focus on quality… Continue reading To Revive our Democracy, Revive Civic Education
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Each week, Generation Citizen shares pertinent articles in the education, democracy and policy spaces. We invite our readers to share and discuss on Facebook and Twitter. In the wake of the terrorist attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, we reflect on the fact that freedom of expression cannot be taken for granted.… Continue reading #Trending @ GC