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Robert Gates is worried about America’s political paralysis.
Public knowledge about how the government works is lagging. Bipartisan compromise seems to be a relic of the past. It’s enough for Gates — the former defense secretary, CIA director and higher education official — to be concerned about the state of civics education in American schools.
For him, it’s a matter of national security.
Gates spoke to POLITICO following a keynote discussion at the CivXNow Policy Summit, a virtual confab assembled last week by a 170-member coalition intent on advancing federal and state legislation to bolster classroom teaching about self-government.
www.politico.com
I am still not a fan of Politico.
I don't think that I have seen any cuts to civics in education. It is either done well or it's not.
Public knowledge about how the government works is lagging. Bipartisan compromise seems to be a relic of the past. It’s enough for Gates — the former defense secretary, CIA director and higher education official — to be concerned about the state of civics education in American schools.
For him, it’s a matter of national security.
Gates spoke to POLITICO following a keynote discussion at the CivXNow Policy Summit, a virtual confab assembled last week by a 170-member coalition intent on advancing federal and state legislation to bolster classroom teaching about self-government.
Robert Gates: How civics education became a national security issue
The former defense secretary, CIA director and higher education official spoke to POLITICO following a keynote discussion at the CivXNow Policy Summit.
www.politico.com
I am still not a fan of Politico.
I don't think that I have seen any cuts to civics in education. It is either done well or it's not.
