"With the backing of a legislature his party dominated, Republican governor Doug Ducey created Arizona State University's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in 2016. Both SCETL and its founding director, Paul Carrese, are now understood as key leaders in a movement for civic schools and centers."
"But even if we dig back more than a half century, it can be difficult to disentangle the preservation of ideals from the practices of partisanship. The Institute for Humane Studies was founded in the early 1960s to promote classical liberalism, including commitments to individual freedom and dignity, limited government, and the rule of law. It has been part of George Mason University since 1985, receiving millions from the Charles Koch Foundation."
"Earlier this year, IHS president and CEO Emily Chamlee-Wright asserted that President Trump's " tariff regime isn't just economically harmful-it reverses the moral and political logic that made trade a foundation of the American experiment." Rather than classifying that column through a partisan lens, we might consider a more expansive query: Is it historically accurate and analytically robust? Does it help readers understan"
Rising political violence has increased urgency for nonpartisan civic education, yet terms like "civic thought" and "civic life and leadership" are often read as conservative. Republican-backed initiatives created Arizona State University's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in 2016, and its founding director Paul Carrese is prominent in a movement for civic schools and centers. Concerns include a deepening civic crisis and the persistent appeal of Donald Trump. Debates persist over whether MAGA counts as conservative and whether civic education's conservative lineage—rooted in preserving inherited practices—can be disentangled from partisan influences and funding networks.
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