Civics education must be improved in American education. Now.

[valleyrogue]

12. I don't "take your word" for anything because I WORK in the field.

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The links are not impressive and prove you don't know the issue at all, at least when it comes to schools.

People have this habit of thinking because THEY went to school, that somehow that qualifies them to be "experts" in the field.

YOU want people to vote and believe the way you do. That is clear.

13 percent "proficiency"? LOL. Do you know how schools are at all, what teachers have to contend with?

Test scores are a whole different ballgame, and it is clear you know next to nothing about education. Test scores don't measure teacher competence. A lot of times, these kids blow through these tests in order to get them out of the way and don't try to do their best. The fact you point to "proficiency" regarding test scores is a giant red flag about your knowledge of education to anybody who is in the field. Do you know about ACES and the impact on student learning? Do you know anything about special education? Do you know anything about Title I schools? Do you know anything about second language learners? Do you recognize the impact of school closures during COVID? Do you know how diverse our country is compared to the itty-bitty European countries beloved by Bill Gates and the other "reformer" ilk who have really done a horrible disservice to the country? Do you know anything about family dynamics and how this impacts learning? Do you know about school attendance, a BIG problem in Title I schools, and how that impacts learning and test scores?

Nope, to you, the "expert" in the field trying to condescend to people like me who have worked in education for nearly 30 or more years, it is all the fault of the schools. ALL of it.

Test scores mean zip. It is clear to me you will never admit you are wrong.

The opening paragraph from your blog post proves my point you are upset many people in the 2024 election didn't vote the way you like:

The results of the 2024 election are just one more in a long string of examples giving us reason to reconsider the place civics education has in the mandated elementary and high school curriculum in this country. An educated electorate is one of the major keys to preserving the values of democracy and of the American Republic. The deterioration of education has become obvious in the results of multiple elections and in the divisiveness and the agenda-driven politics that have delivered gridlock and partisan loyalty over patriotism.

You really think you are better than people who voted differently from you, and the reason they vote differently than you is all because schools don't teach "civics" or history or whatever, and it is complete and total bullshit. They do teach it. Teachers just don't push their beliefs down everybody's throats. or they are not supposed to.

We live in a diverse society with all kinds of different beliefs, including political beliefs. If people feel differently than you do, that isn't the fault of schools. You are really no different than the right wing trying to force their beliefs on school systems. You simply don't have the self-awareness to see it.