Education+in+a+Rapidly+changing+democracy-+Strengthening+Civic+Education+for+Citizens+of+all+ages

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Education in a Rapidly Changing Democracy Strengthening civic education for citizens of all ages BY MATT LEIGHNINGER AND PETER LEVINE
= = = "By strengthening the connection between students as citizens and adults as citizens, educators might transform the role of schools in local democracy. " Matt Leighninger is executive director of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and author of The //Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule is Giving Way to Shared Governance - And Why// Politics Will Never Be the Same. //E-mail: mattleighninger@earthlink.net// Peter Levine is Director of Research and Director of CIRCLE (the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement) at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. E-mail: Peter.Levine@tufts.edu.=