Bring Civics Back: Every Student Deserves to Understand Their Government
A generation has been educated without a serious grounding in how government works. That gap weakens the country and can be closed.
The gap
For several decades, American education has emphasized skills tied directly to employment. That is understandable, and much of it has been valuable. But during the same period, serious instruction in civics has receded in many schools, squeezed out of schedules and often treated as optional.
The result is predictable. Students graduate knowing quite a lot about subjects they may never use and rather little about the document that structures their government, the roles of the three branches, or how a local school board is selected.
Why this is a serious problem
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