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Council Member Brewer addresses challenges in civic education

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Council Member Gale Brewer shares her observations on the challenges faced in civic education, particularly noting the lack of engagement with traditional news sources among students.

Brewer mentions her experience teaching at Hunter College and working with community interns.
She highlights that even senior students have never opened a newspaper, presenting a significant challenge for civic education.
The Council Member expresses frustration that some of her colleagues don't meet with students for school projects or journalism inquiries.

Gale Brewer

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I mean, I have a little bit of a good perspective.

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I have a lot of community interns, and I teach Hunter.

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And I will tell you that even as teaching seniors, nobody's ever opened a newspaper ever.

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And I understand that's the world that we live in, but that's a challenge that needs that's part of civic education.

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And the second thing is you know, I would actually suggest, I I get a little frustrated because some of my colleagues, not these 2, don't meet with students who are talking about journalism or have a school project.

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They don't.

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So they call me, they call somebody here.

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