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		<title>Does reflective patriotism depend on a positive assessment of one’s country’s history?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Educating for American Democracy roadmap asks all educators (and policymakers&#8211;and perhaps students) to address this challenge: &#8220;How can we offer an account of U.S. constitutional democracy that is simultaneously honest about the wrongs of the past without falling into cynicism, and appreciative of the founding of the United States without tipping into adulation?&#8221; I [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36146">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Universities Must Start Graduating More Good Citizens, by Anna Saavedra and Peter Levine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is by Anna Saavedra, Director of the Center for Civic Society at the USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service, and me. I am currently a Nonresident Senior Scholar at the Schaeffer Institute as well as the Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship &#38; Public Affairs at Tufts University&#8217;s Jonathan Tisch College [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36069">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a civic common reading program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Alliance for Civics in the Academy, we say: Civic education should be a shared intellectual activity, grounded in texts, aimed at building a practical capacity for listening to and acting together with others, including those of differing beliefs. I believe that citizenship or civic engagement is about more than texts and spoken words. [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=36044">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>from the spring summit on civics in higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 10, the Tisch College of Civic Life, the Alliance for Civics in the Academy, and GBH (formerly WGBH-Boston) organized a national summit on civics in higher education. Some outputs from that summit are now public. Joanna Kenty kindly published a version of my opening remarks in The Renovator, under the heading &#8220;What was [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35793">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>an overview of civics in higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 10, the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University and the&#160;Alliance for Civics in the Academy (ACA), with support from&#160;GBH, held a one-day national summit on civics in higher education. All day, we heard from leaders of exemplary programs that emphasize various combinations of community engagement, academic coursework, and research and experimentation [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35679">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Call them Underdogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a review of a new PBS documentary about urban debate leagues for Education Next. It was published today, and it begins: You may have seen a movie in which teenagers experience grave injustice and then enter a prestigious competition where they prove to the world that they are smart. The competition might be [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35350">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Counts As Success? Assessing The Impact Of Civics In Higher Ed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 18, the Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosted&#160;a webinar on &#8220;What Counts as Success? Assessing the Impact of Civics in Higher Ed&#8221;&#160;with Trygve Throntveit, Rachel Wahl, Joseph Kahne, and&#160;me. We discussed some of the advantages of developing reliable and consistent measurements of civic education, particularly the opportunity to learn from data and [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35323">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a resource for students on social movements and activism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recorded interview with the Story Preservation Initiative, I discuss &#8220;landmark cases and civic turning points&#8212;including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Brown v. Board of Education, the United Farm Workers boycott, and Watergate&#8212;to illustrate how people came together to reinforce core democratic principles of equality, justice, and the rule of law.&#8221; This recording and related [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35046">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>a conversation about civics in Chinese traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 10, the Alliance for Civics in the Academy hosted a webinar on &#8220;Comparative Civics: Beyond Western Civ&#8221;&#160;with Fordham professor Dongxian Jiang, University of Chicago professor Shadi Bartsch, Nanyang Technical University professor Simon Sihang Luo, and University of Chicago student Jessie Wang. I was the moderator. The title of the event suggests our original [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=35058">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>civic education webinar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed this recent discussion of civic education in colleges and universities with Josiah Ober, Jenna Silber Storey, Mary Clark, and our moderator Debra Satz. I thought the questions from the audience were particularly interesting. In case you are interested in the Alliance, this is the website. The next webinar will be &#8220;Out of Many, [&#8230;] <a href="https://peterlevine.ws/?p=34673">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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