Tag: Civics
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Aurora’s next step — restore civic ownership | Michael A. Hancock
In my previous column, I argued that Aurora faces a quiet but serious civic problem: a spiral of political disengagement in which fewer citizens participate, a narrower slice of the electorate gains disproportionate influence, and more residents begin to feel that City Hall no longer belongs to them. That diagnosis matters. But diagnosis alone is never enough. If…
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Dear Abby: A better answer to your question
It was the beginning of October. I had been invited to speak to a class on Political Journalism at Colorado College, my old alma mater. The class was taught by none other than Vince Bzdek, the editor-in-chief of this paper and its sister publications. This was a rather small seminar of perhaps a dozen undergraduate…
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An eighth-grader gives us a glimpse of a brighter politics ahead | Vince Bzdek
I saw the best speech of the 2024 election season so far last week, and it was given by a pint-sized eighth-grader from a tiny school in Buena Vista. “A huge problem in the state of Colorado is that students are unenthusiastic about their education, as shown by the fact that 31% of students are…
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Colorado’s first Civics Bee encourages students to engage in community, government
Colorado held its first Civics Bee in Denver Friday, challenging middle schoolers across the state to flex their civics knowledge.
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LGBTQ references removed from Colorado social studies standards for grades K-3
When Colorado’s revised social studies framework is presented to the state Board of Education on Tuesday, it will not include a proposed revision that would have allowed discussion about LGBTQ people’s historical contributions and issues in lower-grade civics and social studies classes. The Social Studies Standards Review and Revision Committee has withdrawn its plans to…