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A Democracy, If We Can Teach It : Educating the Next Generation of Citizens
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rendell, Marjorie O.
- Series:
- Brown Democracy Medal.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (84 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- 2026.
- Cornell University Press 2026
- Summary:
- The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal, awarded by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University, recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world. The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement advances nonpartisan civic learning by working with K12 teachers and students. Founded in 2014 by Judge Marjorie O. Rendell and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, the center's programs include statewide read-alouds, where judges, lawyers and other professionals read books to elementary school students across the state, as well as the Citizenship Challenge, an essay contest for fourth- and fifth-graders with prompts based on Pennsylvania civics standards. This book tells the story of how the center equips young people with knowledge about the workings of our constitutional system and prepares them to step into public life as leaders and active, engaged citizens. For this important work, the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement is the recipient of the 2025 Brown Democracy Medal from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Civics Education: The Current State of Affairs
- 2. Revitalizing American Democracy: Why Civics Education Matters Now More Than Ever
- 3. The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement
- 4. The Future of Civics Education: A Vision from the Center
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-8910-4
- OCLC:
- 1568168799
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