After balking at a teachers union demand to cancel classes, Chicago Public Schools embraced a day of student civic engagement ...

When the Legislature passed an “Act to Promote and Enhance Civic Engagement” about five years ago, it did so to promote and strengthen civics education in our public schools. That law also specified ...

Teachers unions in Chicago are organizing student participation in socialist May Day demonstrations taking place across the ...

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union reached a compromise over May Day observances, keeping schools open while allowing civic engagement activities and limited student participation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too often civic education is pushed to the side to make way for other priorities, and what instruction remains may be watered down ...

With the death of singer-songwriter Eric Carmen last month and Earth Day today, I got to thinking about Carmen’s song “All By Myself” and how deeper forms of activism are both essential to making ...

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached an agreement to keep schools open May 1 while converting the day into a systemwide focus on civic engagement.

The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have agreed to use May Day for a "day of civic action" for students and teachers. CTU has been asking the school district for the day off on May 1 ...

Americans' trust in government is at a record low. Fewer citizens participate in elections than other similarly developed democracies. To top it all off, young people have limited opportunities to ...

American democracy is not sustained by elections alone. It is sustained by neighbors who show up, leaders who listen, and institutions that invest in the civic skills needed to navigate and solve ...