The A250 Interviews
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<p>How does popular will actually function in a constitutional democracy where power has been consolidated among the few? Why has faith in elections and institutions, and democracy itself, eroded so dramatically—and what would it take to restore it? Can our fragmented education system deliver civic outcomes that work for students and for a polarized public?</p><p></p><p>Louise Dubé, CEO of iCivics, explores these and other questions with some of the top civic education minds in the country. This series uses the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence to investigate how far we've come as a nation, and how we might progress forward.</p>
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June 29, 2026
Emma Humphries and Joe Kahne: Measuring Civic Education
<p>In civic education, we are often asked to prove something no other subject is asked to prove in quite the same way:</p><p></p><p>What will a student do 10, 20, or even 40 years after taking the course?</p><p>That is a high bar. But it is also the right aspiration.</p><p></p><p>Today on the A250 Interviews, we speak with two people who have spent years thinking about what civic learning should measure and what we can reasonably know: Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer at iCivics, and Joe Kahne, the Ted and Jo Dutton Presidential Professor for Education Policy and Politics and director of the Civic Engagement Research Group at UC Riverside.</p><p></p>
June 9, 2026
Richard Haass: Democracy Doesn't Teach Itself
<p>Richard Haass is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, a longtime diplomat, and the author of <i>The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens</i>. He has spent his career thinking about America’s role in the world, the use and limits of diplomacy, and the fragile conditions that make peace and democratic order possible.</p><p></p><p>Today we talk about Richard's concerns about American civic life, the need for a democracy to reject political violence, and why "supporting the teaching of civics" made his list of ten obligations.</p>
April 3, 2026
Jane Kamensky: The Framers Were People
<p>Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison. How do we teach students about these people, taking into account 250 years of hindsight? Were they heroes? Villains? Or ordinary people in extraordinary times?</p><p></p><p>Today we talk with Jane Kamensky, CEO and President of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Previously, Jane was a professor at Harvard University, and served as head of the Schlesinger Library. Jane is also the author of numerous books on the founding period. </p><p></p><p>Jane speaks with us about our evolving approach to the framers, as well as her work developing the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.educatingforamericandemocracy.org/the-roadmap/" target="_blank">The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy</a>.</p>
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<p>How does popular will actually function in a constitutional democracy where power has been consolidated among the few? Why has faith in elections and institutions, and democracy itself, eroded so dramatically—and what would it take to restore it? Can our fragmented education system deliver civic outcomes that work for students and for a polarized public?</p><p></p><p>Louise Dubé, CEO of iCivics, explores these and other questions with some of the top civic education minds in the country. This series uses the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence to investigate how far we've come as a nation, and how we might progress forward.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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