Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citiz

Sound democratic decisions rely on a citizenry with at least a partial mastery of the rules and workings of democratic government. American high schools, where

In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship--and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book's unpreceden

Educating for citizenship was the original mission of American schools, but for decades that knowledge—also known as civics education—has been in decline, a

What do we teach our citizens? This great Platonic question is as crucial today as it has ever been. America and the West come to terms with this question in th