Civic Education
John Dewey believed the preservation of democracy depended on education. Teachers can show students why our 250-year-old ideals still matter.
Tocqueville understood that the fate of the republic rests on civic habits and democratic norms, not politics
The narrative appeal of the past has common cause with building literacy
Public input and a new kind of state participation needed
Our perpetual cycle of shutdowns, shakedowns, and deficits is teaching our youth all the wrong lessons about American principles
