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Only seven states require a full year of civics instruction in high school; 13 states have “no requirement at all” The federal government spends $50 per student on STEM education each year, down 90 percent since 2000.
Less than half of Americans can name all three branches of government; 54 percent understand that a 5-4 ruling by the Supreme Court becomes the law of the land.
To a fundamentalist Christian, teaching evolution in a biology class might be seen as indoctrination.
Glenn C. Altschuler, David Wippman: Teachers are in the best position to make judgments about curricula and pedagogy.
The goal should be not only to teach civics and American history, but also to inculcate the skills and virtues for productive civil disagreement”.
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