Mastodawn

If America ever has a real educational system again, we should make civics and voter education a critical component of the curriculum. It’s a no-brainer for any political movement that wants to endure. Our daily battle has been with severely uneducated people.

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Cedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen Farm 1d ago

@shoq

It always was. Until the Southern Baptist Convention started funding schoolboard campaigns across the country for their hand picked brainwashed lackeys.

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Shoq 🌿1d ago

Not accurate. Only 9 states + DC require a full year of civics/govt classes.
Many states require just 1 semester (or less). Elementary/middle school civics is often sporadic or embedded in social studies

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) civics exam reports …

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Shoq 🌿

that:
> 22% of 8th graders score proficient in civics (and it gets worse in higher grades)

We have a civics crisis in this country, And MAGA is the result.