Your Turn: A focus on STEM is great, but what about civics and civility?
The Orrin G. Hatch Center recently published an op-ed titled "America is facing a civics crisis. Here's how to fix it." It states that we are in "A pandemic of civic disengagement and deepening recession in civic education... According to the Nation's Report Card, only 15% of students are proficient in American history and a mere 24% are proficient in civics... and only one in three Americans could pass the citizenship test... we must make the teaching of civics a greater priority in our schools." The report continues... "Over the last two decades, civics has taken a back seat to STEM educat...
Source: thespectrum.com
