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CIRCLE Online Seminar January/February 2014 ★ Session 2 ★

CIRCLE Online Seminar January/February 2014 ★ Session 2 ★. How the Seminar Works ★ GUIDING QUESTIONS for the next week posted to the CIRCLE website Friday afternoon after the live session, REAL-TIME CHAT about it the next week

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CIRCLE Online Seminar January/February 2014 ★ Session 2 ★

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  1. CIRCLE Online SeminarJanuary/February 2014★Session 2★

  2. How the Seminar Works★ GUIDING QUESTIONS for the next week posted to the CIRCLE website Friday afternoon after the live session, REAL-TIME CHAT about it the next week (on Fridays at 2pm ET, these will be recorded and put on the CIRCLE site), ONGOING DISCUSSION on the closed Facebook group, blogs, Twitter (#civicyouth)

  3. Information Portal★ www.civicyouth.org/tools-for-practice/learning-community/

  4. Challenge/Opportunity #1:Deep Polarization and Ideological Conflict Causing Distrust of Government • 76% of registered voters said that American politics had become more divisive & 74% said this was a bad trend • 55% agreed that political parties were more divided than the public • Civil dialogue and deliberation are not modeled in our national politics • 24.8% of teachers thought that parents or other adults would object if politics was discussed in their government course Sources: Citations in ATN report

  5. Challenge/Opportunity #2: Growing inequality of civic opportunities • 40% of 18-29 have never taken a college level course of any type • Youth with ANY college experience are 2 times more likely to vote than non-college youth

  6. Challenge/Opportunity #2: Growing inequality of civic opportunities • White, wealthy students are 4 to 6 times more likely as Hispanic or Black students from low-income households to exceed the “proficient” cut-off for the federal NAEP Civic Assessments

  7. Challenge/Opportunity #3: An Increasingly Diverse Youth Population • Thirty-eight percent of the 18- 29s are people of color • More than 1/4 of young Americans (ages 18- 29) have at least one parent who was born in a country other than the United States. Only 15.2% of White public school students attend multiracial schools (those with at least a tenth of their students coming from three or more groups)

  8. Challenge/Opportunity #3: An Increasingly Diverse Youth Population • CIRCLE found that discussion of controversial issue is unfortunately LESS COMMON IN RACIALLY DIVERSE SCHOOLS, but when discussion occurs in those schools it is very helpful. • Young people who attend diverse schools AND experience discussions of current events or belong to extracurricular groups that address social problems are MORE ENGAGED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE

  9. Challenge/Opportunity #4: A Powerful Role for Social Media • In 2012, 92% of youth (18-29) in the United States used at least one social media site, up from just 8% in 2005. • 94% or more youth have Internet access and it varies only a fraction among racial groups. Sources: Citations in ATN report

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