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Task force debates civic seal, required current-affairs instruction and credit changes
Summary
Task force members discussed proposals for a civic 'seal' earned by high school portfolios, debate over increasing civics graduation credit beyond the current half-credit, and a proposal to require periodic current-affairs lessons (Ted) balanced against teachers' concerns about top-down mandates.
Members of the Civic Education, Civic Engagement, Media Literacy Task Force debated how to strengthen K–12 civic learning while avoiding burdensome top-down mandates.
Kevin (Co-chair of the task force) summarized earlier work and listed three education ideas: a civic seal for students (modeled on the state's seal of biliteracy), an increase in civic credit toward graduation and efforts to ensure civic learning is accessible to students of differing backgrounds and abilities. "Civic seal being offered by school districts similar to the…
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