9:00
Welcome by William Damon
9:30 Rick
Hess and Eric Liu: Reinvigorating Youth Citizenship
11:00 Carole Hahn and Diana Hess: Civic Education and Classroom Practice
12:00 Lunch will be
provided
1:00 James Banks, Rachel Moran and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco: Civic Identity in a Diverse Society
3:00 Capstone
Discussion
4:00 Reception
A thriving democracy demands that
citizens be civically informed and have the skills needed for effective
community and political participation. Historically, schools have played a
crucial role in preparing young people for informed and engaged citizenship.
Yet, today there are numerous challenges and controversies preventing schools
from fulfilling that role. Schools today are pressed to raise test scores in
reading and math, and close the academic achievement gap, forcing them to
diminish civics programs. Moreover, the content of civic education has become
contentious as questions arise about what it means to be a citizen, how
immigrant experiences and identity should be represented in a curriculum that
strives to educate for a united citizenry, and how teachers should address the
deep political distrust and partisanship that causes the very notion of U.S. patriotism
to be controversial.
In each session of this conference,
we will engage with these challenging issues and strive for new ways to address
them. Topics to be discussed include: Revitalizing the civic mission of schools
through policy innovations; implementing classroom practices that have an
impact on youth civic engagement in a challenging school climate; the paradox
of citizenship in a nation of immigrants; and educating for a unified civic
vision in a diverse society.
RSVP to Elissa Hirsh at ehirsh@stanford.edu