News and PUBLICATIONS

Massachusetts Curricular Materials Guide to Grade 8 Civics: MA Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education recognizes DKP's 8th grade civics curriculum "Civic Engagement in Our Democracy" as one of the strongest curricular materials

October 4, 2021

Education Next: A new forum brings together scholars and practitioners, including Harvard professor Danielle Allen and Cambridge Public Schools Director of Social Studies Adrienne Stang, offering guidance on teaching about slavery in America

September 21, 2021

Harvard Crimson: Harvard Professors Allen, Kamensky Help Develop Roadmap for U.S. Civics Reform

March 5, 2021

Washington Post: Our democracy is ailing. Civics education has to be part of the cure.

March 2, 2021

Harvard Magazine: A Roadmap for Reforming Civic Education

March 1, 2021

Wall Street Journal: America Needs History and Civics Education to Promote Unity

March 1, 2021

Harvard Gazette: Redrawing the civics education roadmap

March 1, 2021

Tufts CIRCLE: The State of Civic Education in Massachusetts

December 1, 2020

Amanpour and Company: How to Strengthen Our Democracy? “Common Purpose” Says Danielle Allen

October 20, 2020

Teachers College Record: Uncovering Implicit Learning Theories in the Humanities - A Study of Grantmaking at Illinois Humanities

October 15, 2020

EdNext Podcast: Teaching the Declaration of Independence with a Video Game

October 14, 2020

Harvard EdCast: The Role of Education in Democracy

October 7, 2020

Middle Level Learning: Harness Student Choice-making via a Q-Sort Activity

September 1, 2020

Studies in Educational Evaluation: Ethics across the curriculum - Detecting and describing emergent trends in ethics education

July 17, 2020

Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy Report, Co-Chaired by Danielle Allen

July 16, 2020

Vox: The radicalism of the American Revolution — and its lessons for today

July 3, 2020

New York Times: Danielle Allen Wins Re-Envisioned Kluge Humanities Prize

June 22, 2020

Library of Congress: Library of Congress to Award Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Danielle Allen

June 22, 2020

School Library Connection: Student Voice with the 10 Questions for Young Changemakers

June 1, 2020

Usable Knowledge: Called to Action

April 8, 2020

Harvard Gazette: Reframing Civics Education

February 4, 2020

Government Information Quarterly: Human moderation for deliberative engagement in an eRulemaking discussion

January 1, 2020

Mass Humanities: Profile on Danielle Allen

November 14, 2019

Eagle-Tribune: Becoming Civic Agents

October 23, 2019

Boston Globe: If we want democracy to endure, shouldn't we know something about it?

October 1, 2019

Ezra Klein Show: An Inspiring Conversation About Democracy with Danielle Allen

September 30, 2019

Washington Post: Here’s one more question parents should think about during back-to-school season

September 1, 2019

Ed. Magazine: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Video Game

September 1, 2016

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