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Civics
PBS News Hour Classroom wins Civics Award to develop community college resources
PBS News Hour Classroom wins Civics Award to develop community college resources
The award from the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics will provide PBS News Hour Classroom with over $58,000 to create and publish 32 multimedia resources for adult learners.
Celebrating democracy on Election Day at Penn
Celebrating democracy on Election Day at Penn
For many Penn students, Election Day 2024 is about more than two presidential candidates going at it hammer and tongs; it’s also a vital celebration of democracy.
Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024
The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.
Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides
Across Pennsylvania, Penn students practice ‘political empathy’ to connect across divides
Through the SNF Paideia Program, seven undergraduates and political scientist Lia Howard traveled all over the commonwealth this summer, listening to residents talk about their lives and the issues that matter to them.
A majority of Americans can’t recall most First Amendment rights
A majority of Americans can’t recall most First Amendment rights
The 2024 edition of the Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey, released annually to celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17, finds that nearly three-quarters of respondents can name freedom of speech, while the other four rights are far less recognized.
By the Numbers: National Voter Registration Day
By the Numbers: National Voter Registration Day
Nonpartisan campus events on Sept. 17 encourage students to register to vote and learn about the U.S. Constitution.
Analyzing civics education at community colleges
Analyzing civics education at community colleges
A new report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center examines how to enhance the current state of civics education in community colleges.
Report finds ‘withering of public confidence in the courts’
Report finds ‘withering of public confidence in the courts’
A new APPC report found that Americans’ trust and confidence in the judicial branch has fallen 25% over the last two decades.
Penn Washington to house the University’s engagement in D.C.
Penn Washington to house the University’s engagement in D.C.
Vice Provost for Global initiatives Ezekiel J. Emanuel will serve as the initial faculty director of Penn Washington, and the new Penn Franklin Initiative is introduced.
Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022
Abortion, not inflation, directly affected congressional voting in 2022
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are “pocketbook voters,” views on abortion and the Supreme Court are more likely to sway voters today.
In the News
NBC News
NBC News exit poll on Super Tuesday: Our methodology
Stephanie Perry and Elizabeth Schreier of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and Joelle Gross of the School of Arts & Sciences share their methodology for the NBC News Super Tuesday exit polls.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
Ranked ‘avoid’: Ranked choice voting increases ballot errors
A study from Penn found that votes in ranked-choice races are nearly 10 times more likely to be rejected due to an improper mark than votes in non-ranked choice races.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Sandra Day O’Connor and the promise of civic education
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that teaching schoolchildren about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship might be the only way to heal our polarized society.
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Axios
Jill Biden helps debut modern version of “Schoolhouse Rock”
A 2022 survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that less than half of U.S. adults could name all three branches of government.
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C-SPAN
Kathleen Hall Jamieson on civics education and bridging political divides
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses the importance of civics education as a tool to bridge political divides.
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Knews Media
Journalism is a public good and should be publicly funded
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication explains that the “positive” interpretation of the First Amendment focuses on government’s affirmative role to help guarantee the public access to a “diverse and informative media system.”
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