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News & Updates
Program news, research findings, and stories from the classroom — as the initiative unfolds.
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- Research & Polling
What Texans Think About Civics Education
New statewide polling finds Texans nearly unanimous in wanting civics taught in public schools — and far less confident that their own schools are delivering it.
· 4 min read
- Program Updates
Inside the Inaugural Teacher Cohort Orientation
Houston's founding cohort of Grades 6-12 educators met at TSU's Barbara Jordan–Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs to meet the faculty and map the year ahead.
· 3 min read
- Program Updates
Meet the Scholars Building a Founders-Based Curriculum
Two scholars, four courses, and a sequence that runs from Athens to the present day — and why that span matters in the nation's 250th year.
· 3 min read
- Program Updates
Why Houston and the Texas Panhandle
Six hundred miles separate the two campuses running this initiative. What they share is the population most often left out of civics investment.
· 2 min read