Where is Civic Education in Regents' Recommendations?

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 The Kansas Board of Regents has validated existing reading standards and called for more math to be taught to high-school students. They also want students to receive help applying for financial aid and taking dual-enrollment high school courses. Fine–but with American democracy on life support, where is civic education, I asked in last week’s column, which got picked up by Yahoo News from the Topeka Capital Journal?

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