With an ever-increasing number of sources to gather information from, how can we be confident that the sources we read are trustworthy and the information that they provide is reliable and accurate? When we ask ourselves this question, what we are asking about is media literacy. 

UPDATE: In light of COVID-19, the DMC is temporarily suspending the search for a new Executive Director. 

Cristin Brawner has agreed to remain in the position until the search can be resumed and completed.

The David Mathews Center for Civic Life’s (DMC) Innovators in Civic Education Fellowship provides classroom and community-based educators with the resources and training they need to bring high-quality, civics-forward social studies education to their classroom.

The David Mathews Center for Civic Life is pleased to announce our Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Call for Proposals for the 2020-21 academic year!

“They are a product of their upbringing" only tells us part of the story. Once we look deeper, however, a more profound meaning of this cliché comes to light.