The past few years have seen an outpouring of books and reports deploring Americans’ civic ignorance….This is a problem that everyone seems to complain about but no one tries to solve through any coordinated, nationwide effort.

National organizations have recently been formed, including the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s Political Engagement Project, and Campus Compact….

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