Issue Area: Voting & Government

DON'T COUNT US OUT

How an Overreliance on Accountability Could Undermine the Public's Confidence in Schools, Business, Government & More

Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2011

New research presents startling evidence that the public and leaders hold vastly different ideas about what it even means to be accountable.

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Issue Area(s): Voting & Government, Public Engagement/Deliberative Democracy

VOTERS' EXPERIENCES IN 2008 AND THE FUTURE OF ENGAGEMENT

Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2009

New research from Public Agenda shows voters are primed for further engagement in civic life, whether they voted for Barack Obama or not.

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Issue Area(s): Voting & Government

KNOWING IT BY HEART

Americans Consider the Consitution and its Meaning

Media Type: PDF / YEAR: 2002

While most Americans admit they do not have detailed knowledge about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, they seem to have absorbed its core values of protecting the rights of all citizens.

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Issue Area(s): Civic Education, Voting & Government

A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR

What Parents Want Children to Learn about America

Media Type: PDF

This ground-breaking study investigates native-born and foreign-born parents' beliefs on whether a set of "American values" should be taught to kids by the public schools and, if so, what this would mean.

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Issue Area(s): K-12 Education, Civic Education, Immigration, Voting & Government, Race