In this episode, we connect with New York State’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, Rachel Murat - a true “Boots on the Ground” civics educator! A passionate Social Studies teacher at upstate New York’s Maine-Endwell High School for more than 20 years,

Happy Days Are Here Again?

Oct 30th, 2020 32m 55s

In this episode, we speak with author, historian, professor and Director of Secondary Education at Hofstra University, Dr. Alan Singer, who argues that Civics is Not Dead – it’s just morphed into student activism about issues like climate chang

Gone With The Wind

Oct 23rd, 2020 22m 46s

JFK majored in history and so did business entrepreneur Martha Stewart, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer,comedian Larry David, and a host of other well-known politicians and celebrities. But according to a 2018 analysis published by the American Historical

College - Friend or Foe?

Oct 16th, 2020 23m 28s

Research is telling us that the teaching of Social Studies, American history and civics is decreasing in American schools, particularly at the elementary school level. Additionally, only 9 states and the District of Columbia require one year of

Toto, We’re Not in Kansas Anymore

Oct 9th, 2020 23m 55s

Welcome back to another informative season of Civics is Dead! Our second season, “Boots on the Ground” continues to explore the side-lining of social studies education in favor of English/language arts and math through the lens of those educato

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Season 2 of Civics Is Dead, "Boots on the Ground" - Coming Friday, October 9th!

Oct 8th, 2020 1m 4s

Season 2 of Civics Is Dead premieres Friday, October 9th! New episodes will be released every Friday through November 6th.This season, "Boots on the Ground", journeys into the classrooms of elementary, secondary, and college instructors to lea

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Bonus: Oh Happy Day

Mar 12th, 2020 17m 57s

“Oh Happy Day” - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote!On August 18th, 1920, after one hundred years of activism and protesting, women received the right to vote in the Un

It’s All About The Teacher

Oct 14th, 2019 28m 23s

We continue our look at how to address the problem of the decreasing amount of time American schools are devoting to the teaching of American history, civics and social studies. Using the 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education, we look

Fixing The Problem

Oct 14th, 2019 19m 37s

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 will lead us to “fixing the problem” while making civics education classes the highlight of a student’s day

Ready, Set, Go…

Oct 14th, 2019 24m 18s

We tackle the 2009 roll-out of President Barack Obama’s “Race To The Top” education reform initiative to see if our schools, teachers, and students improved. Although, one can’t help but wonder if anyone really wins when the focus is only on wi

The Why

Oct 14th, 2019 20m 23s

It's time to explore the reasons WHY schools aren’t devoting more classroom time to teaching social studies, history and civics. Could it have something to do with leaving someone behind?A production of LIU Public Radio. Visit us at WCWP.org

The Plot Thickens

Oct 14th, 2019 17m 13s

The plot thickens as we unravel the results of a 2018 survey conducted by The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation that details the sad state of Americans’ knowledge of their own history. In other words, didn’t climate change cause the

What’s Wrong?

Oct 14th, 2019 19m

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 lack thereof) that American students have about their own country’s political history. How does this bod

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Teaser - Civics Is Dead Season 1

Sep 26th, 2019 36s

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 a