HeyJaredCivic Education Research Lab
Formed at the nexus of public policy and academia, the Civic Education Research Lab (CERL) at Georgetown University is a collaborative research initiative dedicated to sustainable and effective civic education.
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Closing the Media Literacy Confidence Gap Between Teachers and Students (opens the original)
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Teachers and students do not enter media literacy instruction with the same levels of confidence. Teachers tend to feel more confident with established information-literacy skills like identifying reliable sources and citing digital information. In contrast, students often feel more confident navigating newer challenges such as misinformation and AI-generated content. These differences matter because civic education increasingly asks teachers to help their students both understand the media envi
A Home for Brave Ideas: How Museums Build Community (opens the original)
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How can American museums serve as a cornerstone of our nation’s civic education infrastructure? We might think the greatest contribution museums offer civic education is civic knowledge. Instead, it may be the environments museums cultivate: places where Americans of all stripes, young and old, feel free to learn not only about their country, but also about their fellow citizens. I delved into this question about how Lincoln’s Cottage approaches civic education with my former colleague, Joan Cum
September 17 is Constitution Day (opens the original)
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Today is Constitution Day, an American federal observance that commemorates the signing of the United States Constitution on this day in Philadelphia in 1787. Understanding the U.S. Constitution and how this founding document established the government institutions vital to our republic is critical for civic education. The decisions of our founding fathers, as expounded in the Constitution, continue to shape American society. Learn more about the Constitution through a few of our favorite Consti
Media Literacy in Civic Education (opens the original)
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Last week, CERL’s Dr. Diana Owen and Dr. Patrick McSweeney presented a paper, “From Scrolling to Engagement: Media Literacy and Youth Civic Development,” at the American Political Science Association (APSA) annual conference in Boston. Their study evaluates Project Community, a Center for Civic Education program that integrates media literacy into Project Citizen<s
Practicing What You Teach (opens the original)
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Effective professional learning is not only about giving teachers new materials or explaining a new instructional strategy. It is also about giving teachers opportunities to practice, struggle, collaborate, reflect, and succeed before asking their students to do the same.The Center for Civic Education’s summer institutes ask teachers to do more than learn about new lessons and instructional strategies—they ask teachers to complete the same culminating projects their students will. The Center’s W
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