What is the importance of learning civic education?

Those dispositions must be fostered and nurtured by word and study and by the power of example. Democracy is not a "machine that would go of itself," but must be consciously reproduced, one generation after another. Civic education, therefore, is-or should be-a prime concern. read more

Donald J. Trump is an object lesson in the importance of civic education as a part of your educational program. Daily, he demonstrates his lack of knowledge about the principles that have and do actually Make America Great. read more

The Constitutional Rights Foundation does an incredible job of bringing civic education to our nation's classrooms, but they need help. It is us up to all of us as Americans to help educate future generations about rights and responsibilities as American citizens. read more

Political education today seems unable to teach the lessons of our political history: Persistent civic engagement-the slow, patient building of first coalitions and then majorities-can generate social change. (Carter and Elshtain, 1997.) A message of importance, therefore, is that politics need not, indeed must not, be a zero-sum game. read more