Edutopia RSS Feed, “Let’s Bring Civic Education to the Front Burner” by blogger Anne O’Brien gave some sad statistics about civic education in our country. Someone once said to me that if Americans had to take the test to become a U.S. citizen, most would likely fail. I believe this person hit the nail right on the head.
How can we expect the next generation to make informed decisions and fight for what is right and against what is wrong in this country if they don’t know how to go about doing so? Civic education, local and federal, must be addressed at every grade level in order for our students to one day become informed, civically responsible adults.
Reference
O'Brien, A. (2010, October 22). Let's bring civic education to the front burner [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/civic-education-high-priority-anne-obrien?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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