From 2010 Global Education Conference. A look at teh state of civics in the United States today and the role the internet will play in improving civic education.
5. Goals
• Participants will come
away with:
– a solid understanding
of the state of civics
education today.
– Knowledge of effective
means of promoting
civic engagement in the
classroom and beyond.
– A list of organizations
to turn when trying to
generate civic
involvement.
8. “The U.S. civics assessment evaluates students’ knowledge, skills, and
dispositions that are critical to the responsibilities of citizenship in
America’s constitutional democracy.”
- The Nation’s Report Card: Civics 2006
9.
10.
11. 2%
21%
50%
27%
% of 4th Grade Students according to CivicsProficiency
Advanced
Proficient
Basic
Below Basic
12.
13. 2%
20%
48%
30%
% of 8th Grade Students according to Civics Proficiency
Advanced
Proficient
Basic
Below Basic
17. Scores according to
Parental Education Level
125
130
135
140
145
150
155
160
165
Average
Raw
Scores
(out of
300)
College Graduates
Graduated from high school
18.
19.
20. % of Students Proficient or Above
Grade Level 1998 2006
4th Grade
23 24
8th Grade
22 22
12th Grade
26 27
43. Voting Rate World Comparison
Country Voter Rate
Australia 95%
Chile 93%
Germany 86%
Brazil 83%
Israel 80%
France 76%
Japan 71%
United States 54%
Poland 51%
Statistics from
Mark N. Franklin's "Electoral Participation,”
Controversies in Voting Behavior (2001).
45. The Internet and Civic Engagement
Category Homes without Internet Home with Internet
Volunteering 15.7% 33.0% +17.3
Participating in School Group 9.2% 21.2% +12.0
Current Events from
Newspaper
62.2% 74.3% +12.1
Voting (2008) 50.1% 69.0% +18.9
Registered to Vote (2008) 58.4% 74.4% +16
Contacted Public Official 6.1% 14.8% +8.7
