Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had it right when they gave us a lesson in song back in 1949. “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” was an admonition about racism and hatred. “You’ve got to be ...

Creating space for civil classroom discourse begins by establishing appropriate ground rules and norms with students early in the semester. Schmidt & Pinkney (2022) suggest a model for developing ...

Universities were once celebrated as places where ideas could be challenged, debated, and refined. Classrooms were meant to be arenas for civil discourse—spaces where disagreement was not only ...

I am grateful for the care and commitment you bring each day to your classrooms—inspiring students to share their insights and experiences in an authentic way. This, of course, contributes to creating ...

Students are stuck in a modern catch-22 situation, a new national research report by the Chapman University-based Or Initiative says about the state of civil discourse among youth. Youth are eager to ...

Abagail Hayward doesn’t talk about politics with certain friends. It’s not because she’s unable to share her beliefs or respect other ideologies. She just doesn’t want to lose friends because of the ...

University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education where she emphasized the importance of civil discourse on college campuses in the wake of recent ...

After the death of Charlie Kirk, a Utah Valley University scholar takes solace in the Founding Father’s model of civil discourse and offers it as a way forward for educators and students. Images are ...

Alan Finifrock gave a marvelous lesson in civil discourse at Tuesday's Cloquet City Council meeting, combining a calm speaking manner with solid research and some marvelous humor. Finifrock was there ...

Today, we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the publication of the very first essay in The Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist No. 1 from Oct. 27, 1787, marks the start of a seminal ...