Creating space for civil classroom discourse begins by establishing appropriate ground rules and norms with students early in the semester. Schmidt & Pinkney (2022) suggest a model for developing ...

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had it right when they gave us a lesson in song back in 1949. “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” was an admonition about racism and hatred. “You’ve got to be ...

Michigan universities, including Oakland and Grand Valley State, are holding classes and creating centers to promote civil discourse.

Universities were once celebrated as places where ideas could be challenged, debated, and refined. Classrooms were meant to be arenas for civil discourse—spaces where disagreement was not only ...

University of Wisconsin Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education where she emphasized the importance of civil discourse on college campuses in the wake of recent ...

Tulane University announced the new Center for Civil Discourse on Thursday, which aims to organize and promote thoughtful ...

I am grateful for the care and commitment you bring each day to your classrooms—inspiring students to share their insights and experiences in an authentic way. This, of course, contributes to creating ...

In an era of American history in which people are increasingly reluctant to hear others’ viewpoints — and in which members of different political parties often vilify each other — two political ...