Educating for
Civic Reasoning and Discourse
Report Release Forum
May 3, 2021, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Forum Agenda
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Overview of the Report & Key Findings and Recommendations
Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University (Committee Chair)
James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Diana E. Hess, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Joseph Kahne, University of California, Riverside
Peter Levine, Tufts University
Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Discussion with Special Guests
Moderated by
David L. Kirp, University of California, Berkeley & The New York Times
With
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania & FactCheck.Org
Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
Rajiv Vinnakota, The Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Q&A with Special Guests and Project Members
EDITORS
- Carol Lee
Northwestern University - Gregory White
National Academy of Education - Dian Dong
National Academy of Education
COMMITTEE ON CIVIC REASONING & DISCOURSE
- James Banks
University of Washington, Seattle - Sarah Freedman
University of California, Berkeley - Kris Gutiérrez
University of California, Berkeley - Diana Hess
University of Wisconsin, Madison - Joseph Kahne
University of California, Riverside - Carol Lee (Chair)
Northwestern University - Peter Levine
Tufts University - Na’ilah Suad Nasir
Spencer Foundation - Walter Parker
University of Washington, Seattle - Judith Torney-Purta
University of Maryland, College Park
Project Members
Defining and Implementing Civic Reasoning and Discourse: Philosophical and Moral Foundations for Research and Practice
Author:
- Sarah M. Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
Panel Members:
- Anthony Laden, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Peter Levine, Tufts University (Chair)
- Jennifer Morton, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Civic Reasoning and Discourse: Perspectives from Learning and Human Development Research
Authors:
- Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University (Co-Chair)
- Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation (Co-Chair)
- Natalia Smirnov, Independent Researcher
- Adria Carrington, Chicago Public Schools (retired)
Panel Members:
- Megan Bang, Spencer Foundation/Northwestern University
- Hyman Bass, University of Michigan
- Andrea A. diSessa, University of California, Berkeley
- Abby Reisman, University of Pennsylvania
- Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Northwestern University
- Alan H. Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley
- Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Chicago
- William F. Tate IV, University of South Carolina
- Elliot Turiel, University of California, Berkeley
From the Diffusion of Knowledge to the Cultivation of Agency: A Short History of Civic Education Policy and Practice in the United States
Authors:
- Nancy Beadie, University of Washington
- Zoë Burkholder, Montclair State University
Panel Members:
- James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Andrew Hartman, Illinois State University
- Walter C. Parker, University of Washington (Chair)
- Rowan Steineker, Florida Gulf Coast University
Agency and Resilience in the Face of Challenge as Civic Action: Lessons Learned From Across Ethnic Communities
Authors:
- Indigenous Peoples and Civics Education in the 21st Century
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- Megan Bang, Spencer Foundation/Northwestern University
- Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, Arizona State University
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- African American Education as Preparation for Civic Engagement, Reasoning, and Discourse
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- Vanessa Siddle Walker, Emory University
- James D. Anderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, University of Washington
- Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
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- Historicizing Latinx Civic Agency and Contemporary Lived Civics
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- Maribel Santiago, University of Washington
- Cati V. de los Ríos, University of California, Berkeley
- Kris D. Gutiérrez, University of California, Berkeley (Chair)
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- Asian American Exclusion and the Fight for Inclusion
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- Li-Ching Ho, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Stacey J. Lee, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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- An Appalachian Spring: Hope and Resilience Among Youth in the Rural South
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- Deborah Hicks, Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education
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Civic Reasoning and Discourse Amid Structural Inequality, Migration, and Conflict
Authors:
- Beth C. Rubin, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Thea Renda Abu El-Haj, Barnard College, Columbia University
- Michelle J. Bellino, University of Michigan
Panel Members:
- James A. Banks, University of Washington (Co-Chair)
- Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Harvard University
- Sarah Warshauer Freedman, University of California, Berkeley (Co-Chair)
- Roberto G. Gonzales, Harvard University
Learning Environments and School/Classroom Climate as Supports for Civic Reasoning, Discourse, and Engagement
Authors:
- Carolyn Barber, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Christopher H. Clark, University of North Dakota
- Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland (Chair)
Panel Members:
- David Campbell, University of Notre Dame
- Carole L. Hahn, Emory University
- Deanna Kuhn, Teachers College, Columbia University
Rethinking Digital Citizenship: Learning About Media, Literacy, and Race in Turbulent Times
Authors and Panel Members:
- Antero Godina Garcia, Stanford University
- Sarah McGrew, University of Maryland
- Nicole Mirra, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Brendesha Tynes, University of Southern California
- Joseph Kahne, University of California, Riverside (Chair)
Pedagogical Practices and How Teachers Learn
Authors and Panel Members:
- Hilary G. Conklin, DePaul University
- Jane C. Lo, Michigan State University
- Paula McAvoy, North Carolina State University
- Chauncey B. Monte-Sano, University of Michigan
- Tyrone Howard, University of California, Los Angeles
- Diana E. Hess, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Chair)
CONTACT
Contact Greg White or Dian Dong for more information.
The research reported here is supported by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Hewlett Foundation.
