The Student Government Associations of the University of Tennessee (UT) and The University of Florida (UF) have challenged each other to a voter engagement competition in the weeks leading up to the November 5 federal election. UT and UF will compete over which school can get the most people to complete the voter registration and […]
Dr. Frankie Nicole Weaver, educational outreach programs manager for the University of Tennessee’s Institute of American Civics (IAC) housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, was selected to join the second cohort of Clemson University’s Civic Engagement and Voting Rights Teacher Scholar Program. The program serves as an […]
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Howard H. Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) has framed its fall public programming around the November 5, presidential election, encouraging the University of Tennessee community to Get Informed. Get Engaged. Vote. The programming includes three public events aimed at exploring important topics that will be impacted […]
The Institute of American Civics, housed in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, conducted a statewide survey this spring examining civic knowledge and participation by Tennesseans. The survey report says its results lead to two obvious conclusions: “It is crucial that Tennesseans develop a higher level of civic knowledge, and the process […]
KNOXVILLE, TN, August 1 — The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville welcomed 10 experts from across the country on August 1 as it prepares to welcome its inaugural class of undergraduate majors. The new faculty’s expertise ranges from public administration, […]
The Institute of American Civics (IAC) housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) hosted 15 students from area high schools for a Student Internship Program in the weeks leading up to the Tennessee Civics Academy (the Academy) June 24-26. Under the direction of Educational Outreach Program […]
The Institute of American Civics (IAC) housed at the Howard H. Baker, Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) welcomed nearly 80 K-12 educators representing 31 counties for the Tennessee Civics Academy on June 25 and 26. In its second year, the Tennessee Civics Academy is a two-day professional development conference, providing […]
From race to speech, from religion to school funding, from discipline to special education, few aspects of education policy have escaped the courtroom over the past fifty years. Predictably, much controversy has ensued. Supporters of education litigation contend that the courts are essential to secure student (and civil) rights, while critics insist that the courts […]
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district […]
Through pandemic, protests, and polarization, Americans went to the polls in 2020, one of the most contentious elections in American history. Continuing an R&L tradition now entering its fourth decade, Divided We Stand book provides the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the national election, as well as congressional and state elections. From the nominating […]