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Education Experts Sound Alarm Over American Students’ Lack of Basic Civics Knowledge
David Lindfield

 April 4, 2026 - 9:15 am
 

New data is raising fresh concerns about the state of civics education in the United States, as education advocates warn that millions of students lack even a basic understanding of how the American government functions.

The findings come as federal officials prepare to update national civics standards.

Critics are arguing that the next generation of voters is being left unprepared to participate meaningfully in the democratic process.

Test Scores Reveal Widespread Knowledge Gaps
 
The most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card,” show a troubling decline in student proficiency.

https://slaynews.com/news/education-experts-sound-alarm-american-students-lack-basic-civics-knowledge/
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Do widespread knowledge gaps include no knowledge? :shrug:
“Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Louis D. Brandeis

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"American Students’ Lack of Basic Civics Knowledge"

This is not random.
Au contraire.
It was intentional, by design.

Frankfurt school.
Antonio Gramsci.
The "long march through the institutions".

They are achieving their "goals"...

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Teachers' unions control public education.
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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education advocates warn that millions of students lack even a basic understanding of how the American government functions

By design.  These same 'education advocates' were the ones who decided that civics (and cursive) should no longer be taught in schools.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."     -Ayn Rand-

Jim Jones was a socialist Democrat.