Why do schools no longer teach civics/citizenship in elementary and secondary education?

2015-01-22T12:04:53-05:00

Does the fact that schools are no long teaching kids the responsibility of citizenship and installing some sort of national pride impacting the quality of recruits that are joining the military? Is this further compounded by post-secondary education providing an arguably lopsided perspective of how government and economics should run?

This lack of education can be seen in the lack of voter participation, volunteerism, and participation is civics based organizations.

http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/civics

Flunking Civics: Why America's Kids Know So Little

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Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 12:07 PM

2015-01-22T12:07:38-05:00

This is definitely an interesting topic CW5 Jim Steddum . I shall have to read this later today.

i just think everything is going downhill. It is a sad state of affairs.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 5:32 PM

2015-01-22T17:32:31-05:00

The less you know about why we exist as a country, and the trials & triumphs we've endured/secured, the easier it is to believe that we are horrible horrible people & we owe the rest of the world everything.

I mean, look at what the younger generation now voting DOESN'T know about civics/American history! these are the people picking our leaders, or RUNNING for leadership (the Congressman that thought an island would tip over into the ocean if it became over-populated comes to mind).

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2015 6:22 PM

2015-01-22T18:22:21-05:00

I don't know if I want this bunch teaching civics

Response by PO2 Robert Lee made Feb 25 at 2015 11:42 AM

2015-02-25T11:42:17-05:00

History and civics are no longer the direction that the current government wants. However they do believe in teaching the 5-Pillars and making all school age children Pro-Islam. Because they know that if they can get the future generation to be Muslim, they don't need to convince the adults.

In a little over a generation they will have won the war and the United States will then become a Muslim State and they will have finally won.

Response by CW5 Jim Steddum made Feb 25 at 2015 8:38 PM

2015-02-25T20:38:20-05:00

At least in Alabama, it may become law that student pass a citizenship to graduate High school.

http://yellowhammernews.com/politics-2/quiz-alabama-students-may-soon-have-to-pass-civics-test-to-graduate-but-could-you/

(QUIZ) Alabama students may soon have to pass civics test to graduate, but could you? -...

Alabama State Senators Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) and Tripp Pitman (R-Montrose) are introducing a bill that would require Alabama high school students to pass the US citizenship civics test in order[...]

Response by LTC Gene Moser made Oct 25 at 2019 9:47 PM

2019-10-25T21:47:38-04:00

They do. If nothing else Virginia mandates a year of US & Va History and a year of US & Va Government in high school, normally taught junior and senior year. Geovernment is also taught in 8th grade.
Voter participation has been low for years and years. Maybe we should join the rest of the world and have voting day on either a holiday or a week end. There are plenty of volunteers. Civics based organizations can loose because so many people move so often.