{"id":15,"date":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-03-19T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:31:27","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT THE AUTHOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1339\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au-245x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/au.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Dr. John Minkler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. John Minkler<\/em> began teaching in alternative schools in 1971, followed by teaching history and government in high schools and special education classes. He wrote a civic education curriculum in 1996 that won the Award of Excellence from the California Council of the Social Studies and the Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association. He was Director of the Bonner Center for Character and Civic Education at Fresno State University, then a Program Coordinator at the Fresno County Office of Education and Director of the Center for Multicultural Cooperation. John is co-founder of the Civic Education Center (www.civicedcenter.org)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOther Books By This Author <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xlibris.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/858221-civic-intelligence-empowering-americas-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48 noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000; padding: 5px; background: #eee;\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/otherbook1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Civic Intelligence Empowering America\u2019s Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American democracy is at risk unless we change the way we teach civic education in K-12 schools. This book will inspire educators and communities to transform schools by teaching democratic principles, systems thinking, and civic values, with opportunities for community problem-solvng. It describes 53 years of experience with many examples of youth civic engagement. We lack shared values and the political will to cooperate on implementing changes. We lack \u201ccivic intelligence,\u201d which will guide us to transform schools and create a new path for America and humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. John Minkler Dr. John Minkler began teaching in alternative schools in 1971, followed by teaching history and government in high schools and special education classes. He wrote a civic education curriculum in 1996 that won the Award of Excellence from the California Council of the Social Studies and the Golden Bell Award from the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/about-the-author\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABOUT THE AUTHOR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":148,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-vip.net\/XLUS\/857743\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}