Civics education is all the rage. If there’s any issue that the nation’s political leaders agree upon, it’s this: That the teaching of civics and knowledgeable, responsible citizenship has never been more important or necessary. A recent Newsweek headline sums up the widespread view: “When We Fail to Teach Our Kids the Basics About Civics, We Risk Losing Our Democracy.”
Support for civics education cuts across the political spectrum. Advocates include Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, district courts that offer teachers institutes in seven states, and Texas’s Republican-dominated legislature and Arizona’s Republican governor Doug Ducey.
