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How to Teach Middle School Students to Argue Better Great schools and education can help students grow intellectually, socially, and emotionally. These moments of growth lead to others, sparking a positive cycle for students, teachers, parents, and communities. Yet as society grapples with deepening political and ideological divides, how are we raising and educating young people to understand and navigate relationships across differences? In school settings, if students are taught argument-related skills at all, the instruction is most often in the context of debating. Although there are bene...

Better Arguments 101 Contact Join us for a one-hour introduction to the Better Arguments Project, a national civic initiative created to help bridge divides – not by papering over those divides but by helping Americans have Better Arguments. Together, we will reflect on the role of arguments in healthy democracy and we will introduce the 3 dimensions and 5 Principles of a Better Argument. If you are new to the Better Arguments Project, this session is a perfect way to get started. The Better Arguments Project is a partnership between the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Pro...

A Way to Tamp Down the Toxic Politics of National Identity Rather than end our 'uncivil war,' our efforts to find a shared American identity have left us more divided than ever. In the search for unity, we should look to a revived focus on local identity. Jay Ruckelshaus, University of Oxford   |   March 10, 2021   |  Opinion A central promise of the calls for unity that now saturate our public sphere is that a renewed focus on American identity — not partisan identity — will usher in a more humane politics. If only we could remember ...

Ashley Quarcoo Ashley Quarcoo is the Senior Research Manager with the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program, where she leads “Who Is Us? A Project on American Identity.”  Quarcoo is also senior fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Democracy, Conflict and Governance Program. Her research focus is on threats to democracy, social and political polarization, and comparative approaches toward building social cohesion and democratic renewal. Quarcoo previously spent over a decade supporting peacebuilding and democratic development in post-conf...

10 ways to de-escalate political discussions with friends and family who disagree with you The shocking invasion of the US Capitol by a mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump is proof that the anger and frustration that divides America politically has reached a boiling point. While only a radical few may condone violence, disappointment and animosity over the outcome of the election — fueled by false tales of election fraud — is widespread among Trump supporters. That bitterness could threaten relationships with family, friends, colleagues and loved ones, as many find themselves o...