Posts Tagged civics education
The Trust Conundrum
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging, Uncategorized on November 27th, 2011
I was recently asked to participate in a panel exploring current levels of trust and distrust in government. Among other things, we were asked to consider what citizens might do to mitigate the growing cynicism about politics, and whether we thought the current media environment was contributing to widespread distrust of government at all levels. [...]
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The Deficit That Matters
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on October 10th, 2011
I know I’ve been beating this horse for awhile now, but I am firmly convinced that the most troubling deficit Americans face is not fiscal. It’s our deficit of civic literacy. Only 36 percent of Americans can correctly name the three branches of government. Fewer than half of 12th grade students can describe the meaning [...]
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Restoring Civic Literacy
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution on February 18th, 2011
The following text is a speech I recently gave to the Indianapolis Chapter of the League of Women Voters about the abysmal state of historical/constitutional knowledge in America. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— When I was asked to speak, my “assignment”—or at least my intention—was to discuss one of my recent books, “Distrust, American Style.” In that book, I [...]
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Paging Civics Teachers
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution, Education / Youth on August 23rd, 2010
Where are all the high-school civics teachers when you need them? During the past few weeks, we have been treated to an absolute bonanza of constitutional ineptitude: we’ve had Dr. Laura explaining her departure from radio as an effort to get her First Amendment rights back; continuation of the ugly, ginned-up controversy over Muslims building [...]
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