{"id":66681,"date":"2021-01-13T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=66681"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:16:27","slug":"report-explores-civic-education-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2021\/report-explores-civic-education-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Explores Civic Education in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Shows Ariel Tichnor-Wagner\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-551x826.jpg 551w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-229x344.jpg 229w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-353x529.jpg 353w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-455x682.jpg 455w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-688x1032.jpg 688w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-459x688.jpg 459w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-705x1058.jpg 705w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2018\/07\/Tichnor-Wagner_Headshot-667x1000.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Ariel Tichnor-Wagner<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Civic education<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReport Explores Civic Education in Massachusetts\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Researchers from BU Wheelock and Tufts examined educator awareness and district implementation of state framework<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 13, 2021<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/carolyn-barrett\/\">Carolyn Barrett<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, lecturer of educational leadership &amp; policy studies at BU Wheelock, has joined with researchers from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University\u2019s Tisch College of Civic Life to report on the current state of civic education in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe State of Civic Education in Massachusetts: A Report Prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,\u201d was released on Tuesday. Written by Tichnor-Wagner and CIRCLE colleagues Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Noorya Hayat, the report responds to the state\u2019s landmark 2018 History and Social Sciences Framework, which emphasizes civics from PreK through grade 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the report examines awareness and understanding among educators and school and district leaders; implementation within districts; and variations in civics policy knowledge and framework implementation that may result from educators\u2019 geographic location, context, and types of students they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors surveyed over 500 educators across Massachusetts. They found that while most educators are committed to integrating the 2018 HSS framework, many need additional support, especially at the elementary level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to their findings, they recommend a continued prioritization of the equitable implementation of the framework; additional investment in professional development and resources, particularly for elementary school teachers and student-led civics projects; and the creation of an accountability framework for implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis report shows how important it is for civics to be a focus of our schools. Policymakers, educators, and professional development providers can use these findings to target valuable resources toward areas of teaching civics that need the greatest improvement,&#8221; says Tichnor-Wagner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, lecturer of educational leadership &amp; policy studies at BU Wheelock, has joined with researchers from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University\u2019s Tisch College of Civic Life to report on the current state of civic education in Massachusetts. \u201cThe State of Civic Education in Massachusetts: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9274,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Civic education","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[5467],"bu-publication":[6614],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[6755,6741,6754,6645,6766,6647,6646,6758],"news-topic":[6790],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9274"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66681"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75773,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/66681\/revisions\/75773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=66681"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=66681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}