Blumenauer, Ruiz add support for Oregon civics education Democracy is fragile, congressman says as he proposes $1 billion in federal grants for efforts.
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer and state Rep. Ricki Ruiz have added their voices in support of civics education in Oregon high schools.
Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon s 3rd District, is sponsoring the USA Civics Act to provide $1 billion in federal grants to encourage Oregon and other states to require civics education.
Ruiz, a Democrat from Gresham who also is on the Reynolds School Board, sits on the House Education Committee, where a Senate-passed bill to require one semester of civics education (SB 513) is pending.
Civics Renewal Network, an alliance of more than 38 – and growing – nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations that provide no-cost online classroom resources and materials for civics education. The
Civics Renewal Network is a project of the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics at the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. Civics 101 is a podcast refresher course on the basics of our democracy, with accompanying digital lessons and materials for students, teachers and civics hobbyists. Both groups share a commitment to educating about the importance of civics education, the founding principles of democracy and the ongoing rights and responsibilities of citizenry.
Currently, about 42 states and the District of Columbia require at least one course related to civics education for high school graduation, according to a Brown Center Report on American Education, an annual analysis of the state of education in the U.S. Most states require two or three of the
Blumenauer, Ruiz add support for Oregon civics education Democracy is fragile, congressman says as he proposes $1 billion in federal grants for efforts.
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer and state Rep. Ricki Ruiz have added their voices in support of civics education in Oregon high schools.
Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregon s 3rd District, is sponsoring the USA Civics Act to provide $1 billion in federal grants to encourage Oregon and other states to require civics education.
Ruiz, a Democrat from Gresham, sits on the House Education Committee, which on Thursday, May 13, advanced a Senate-passed bill to a vote of the full House. Senate Bill 513 requires one semester of civics education for graduation, starting in 2025-26. Ruiz also sits on the Reynolds School Board.
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