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10 Core Insights on Civics Education, and How to Improve it

The presidential impeachment inquiry playing out in Congress right now offers yet another teachable moment for civics.
But, as Education Week's 18-month investigation of civics has shown, civics teaching doesn't happen in schools as much as it should. It's not always required, for one reason, and, at a time when the nation is deeply polarized, teachers sometimes prefer to avoid politcally controversial topics like impeachment. Yet this post-Parkland generation of students seems to be deeply interested in becoming civically engaged.
Read on to see what else we learned about the civics-teaching landscape from our Citizen Z project and how educators ...
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