The fate of our constitutional democracy is dependent upon stronger state and federal K-12 civic education policies. High-quality, school-based civic learning opportunities foster civic friendship, civil disagreement, and reflective patriotism among our youngest citizens, empowering them to extend the blessings of liberty in the United States for our posterity.
To these ends, the CivXNow Coalition, a project of iCivics, will host its inaugural Policy Summit later this month, September 21-22, where progress on both state and federal civic education policies will be celebrated, and the groundwork laid for further action in state sessions this fall and next spring.
Despite deep political divisions, K-12 civic education emerged as the most powerful solution to strengthen our national common identity in a poll conducted by prominent pollster Frank Luntz last year among 1,000 likely voters. Not only did it far surpass national service (36%), less money in politics (35%), and easier access to voting (24%), K-12 civic education earned bipartisan support, with 56% of Democrats and Republicans endorsing it as a policy solution.
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