Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
February 10, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this monthly online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to offer informal feedback on how credential implementation is going in your classroom, receive additional training support, and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
February 25, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this monthly online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to offer informal feedback on how credential implementation is going in your classroom, receive additional training support, and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program
March 10, 2026 | Dallas, Texas
Close Up is developing the Civil Discourse Credential to help high school students build and practice highly needed durable skills such as critical thinking, communication, media and AI literacy, and the ability to productively engage with multiple perspectives. If you’re a student-facing educator, you have the opportunity to join a one-day training to introduce this credential to your students. During the training, you’ll gain an understanding of, model, and practice the credential lessons and activities. Throughout the school year, you’ll attend monthly coaching sessions and provide feedback to help Close Up refine the credential and prepare for nationwide scaling.
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Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
March 25, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this monthly online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to offer informal feedback on how credential implementation is going in your classroom, receive additional training support, and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
April 7, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this monthly online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to offer informal feedback on how credential implementation is going in your classroom, receive additional training support, and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program
April 17, 2026 | Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area
Close Up is developing the Civil Discourse Credential to help high school students build and practice highly needed durable skills such as critical thinking, communication, media and AI literacy, and the ability to productively engage with multiple perspectives. If you’re a student-facing educator, you have the opportunity to join a one-day training to introduce this credential to your students. During the training, you’ll gain an understanding of, model, and practice the credential lessons and activities. Throughout the school year, you’ll attend monthly coaching sessions and provide feedback to help Close Up refine the credential and prepare for nationwide scaling.
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Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
April 22, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this monthly online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to offer informal feedback on how credential implementation is going in your classroom, receive additional training support, and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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Close Up Civil Discourse Credential: Pilot Cohort Session
May 20, 2026 | 7:00pm ET
Join Close Up instructional coaches and curriculum designers for this final online meeting of educators who took part in the Civil Discourse Credential Educator Certification Pilot Program Training Institute. Use this 60-minute session to wrap up and offer final feedback on how credential implementation went in your classroom and share your experience with your fellow educators nationwide.
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NextGen Roundtable: Decision 2026
July 8-11, 2026 | Washington, D.C.
Close Up, in partnership with the Stanford University Deliberative Democracy Lab, Generation Lab, and the Hoover Institution’s Center for Revitalizing American Institutions, is thrilled to announce NextGen Roundtable: Decision 2026, a large-scale youth deliberation in our nation’s capital this July. We’re convening a nationally representative sample of 400 first-time voters to deliberate key election issues in a reasoned and mutually respectful way and to share their insights in surveys about the issues most important to young people. This is an amazing opportunity—to participate as a first-time voter (at no cost!), to partner with Close Up, or to sponsor students from your community.
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