The Jack Miller Center

The Jack Miller Center is proud to announce that our founder and chairman emeritus Jack Miller, has been honored with The American Legion's prestigious Distinguished Service Medal for his outstanding philanthropic contributions and unwavering commitment to advancing American citizenship and education. The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest honor bestowed by The American Legion, recognizing individuals and organizations that have performed outstanding service to the nation and to programs of The American Legion. This award has been presented to several U.S. Presidents in addition to other notable recipients. "I am humbled to accept this award on behalf of both myself and The Jack Miller Center, from one of the finest civic organizations representing our nation’s veterans,” Jack Miller said. Read more in our press release below: https://lnkd.in/e5kcmk_8

On June 12, we'll host Teach for Freedom Chicago! The increasing illiberalism evident on college campuses and other institutions across the country raises an important question: What values and principles should shape American education, our newsrooms, and our broader culture? Join us for this special dinner and reception where we'll explore what it means to pursue truth and reclaim our shared understanding as Americans. Learn more at the link below!

JMC Chair Michael Weiser writes for RealClear Media Group Education this week on how we can support K-12 civics teachers as they face challenges in the classroom: "Yes, some teachers have taken it upon themselves to impart their personal politics. But many more teachers understand their critical role and simply lack the confidence to lead their students in political discussions. Civics teachers are generally provided with limited educational resources and content-based training while dealing with a highly volatile political climate and a culture that disregards what we as Americans hold in common. We need to work together to find solutions to this crisis of knowledge and this crisis of confidence. We need to support civics teachers in every way we can so they can, in turn, help students become young citizens and take responsibility for self-government." Read the entire piece at the link below! https://lnkd.in/e3mDMMQ5

JMC president Hans Zeiger appears in TheFulcrum.US today, writing on #CivicLearningWeek and the pre-political questions facing our society: "In a self-governing republic, questions like these aren’t just important for philosophers in an ivory tower—they’re essential for all of us. After all, we the people are the stewards of our own political union and thus responsible for filling practical roles in its governance that require forethought, study, and skills." Read the entire piece at the link below! https://lnkd.in/eNNKaRcW

This summer, SUNY Geneseo will hold its Geneseo Summer Academy for rising high school juniors and seniors. During this one-week residential program, Miller Fellow Aaron Herold will teach a course, "Debating the American Republic," which will focus on Jefferson, Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. Do you know a promising young student? Share this outstanding opportunity with them now! The registration deadline is May 16, 2025. Learn more at the link below!

As part of their initiative commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the John Locke Foundation invites scholars, historians, and writers to submit papers exploring North Carolina’s role in the American Revolution and founding of the United States. The abstract submission deadline is April 15, 2025. Learn more at the link below!

The Jack Miller Center is honored to receive an award from America250PA! We're so excited to celebrate America's 250th birthday with our National Summit on Civic Education in 2026!

Happy Birthday to our Founder and Chairman Emeritus Jack Miller! Today we celebrate Jack and his many contributions to civic education and patriotic philanthropy. Every day at the Jack Miller Center, we are seeing signs of a national civics renaissance—in the work of more than 1,200 scholars who have devoted their careers to teaching the foundational principles of American constitutional self-government, in the thousands of K-12 civics and history teachers who are determined to pass these principles along to their students, and in a growing constellation of game-changing university programs run by JMC scholars and focused on civic thought and leadership. Without Jack Miller’s entrepreneurial talent, long-term vision, and dogged persistence, none of this would be possible. Jack's 20-year investment in the JMC scholar network has been a force multiplier for change in academia and throughout American education, and today his long-term investment is bearing incredible fruit. It’s why The American Legion recently chose to?recognize Jack?with its highest honor: the Distinguished Service Medal, at the American Legion’s National Convention in New Orleans last August. Watch a video of Jack's acceptance speech below!

JMC scholar Cara Rogers Stevens was recently awarded the Ciceronian Society's inaugural Herbert J. Storing Book Prize for her book Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery. Congratulations, Cara!

The FSU Institute for Governance & Civics at Florida State University invites applications for up to three Teaching Faculty positions in American constitutional thought, modern political thought, and economic thought, with an anticipated start date of August 7, 2025. Learn more and apply by searching job ID 59825 at the link below!