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

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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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