Civics Education Directory

American author and Political Commentator.

A leading scholar on the power of discussing controversial political issues in classrooms — showing that democratic education depends on engaging with disagreement, not avoiding it.

An exploration of how the strategy of manufactured doubt — first perfected by the tobacco industry — was deployed across debates on secondhand smoke, acid rain, ozone depletion, DDT, and climate change.

A leading scholar arguing that media education must be a core component of democratic education in the digital age.

A leading researcher on how secondary educators can engage students with contentious political issues without indoctrinating them.