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National Conference on Citizenship's Civic Health Index

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NCoC has created an index of civic health, while simultaneously working with local partners to strengthen the health of communities nationwide to better define and address local problems.

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Establishing Conversation Norms and Defusing Conflict

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The key to any productive public, civil conversation is ensuring all participants follow a set of expectations and norms. Here's a suggested list of norms to follow.

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Constructive Dialogue Institute

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CDI seeks to repair our civic culture by spreading the practices of curiosity, critical thinking, and constructive dialogue across our nation’s education systems and workplaces.

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Confronting Controversial Issues in the Classroom

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Discussions of controversial issues are frequently prescribed by theorists, professors, and civic organizations, but most school systems are reluctant. Here's how to do it well.

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What’s your ‘red line’? | Jonathan Haidt with Mónica Guzmán

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Does engaging bad ideas across the divide make you a bad person? Renowned psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt talks with Monica Guzman in this Braver Angels video.

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Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy

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This initiative brings together America’s leading constitutional scholars and thought leaders of diverse perspectives to identify reforms that could preserve the institutional guardrails on which democracy depends.

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