Teaching Citizenship

Education’s most important job is to teach students to take an active role in their democracy, starting in their own communities.

Teaching Philosophy on Death Row: An Interview with Lisa Guenther

This conversation is the tenth in the series, Trench Democracy: Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

Trench Democracy in Schools #3: An Interview with Principal Vanessa Gray

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

Trench Democracy in Criminal Justice #2: An Interview with William DiMascio

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

Trench Democracy in Public Administration #2: Interview with Andrea Arnold

Decatur, Georgia: a town where citizen participation plays a significant role in the daily life of government.

Trench Democracy in Schools #2: An Interview with Helen Beattie

Deepening student engagement through collaborative action.

Trench Democracy in Public Administration: an Interview with Kimball Payne

Study circles for race and racism in Lynchburg.

Trench Democracy in Criminal Justice: an Interview with Lauren Abramson

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

Trench Democracy in Schools: an Interview with Principal Donnan Stoicovy

Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places

Trench Democracy in Schools: an Interview with Principal Donnan Stoicovy

Part of our series on participatory innovation in unlikely places.

Twelve Absent Men

Rebuilding the American Jury

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