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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Mendoza’s older sister, Gema Quetzal, served on the California board of education in 2018-19, enjoying the same voting power as other board members. Teaching about civic engagement only once in a while is like teaching someone how to swim without ever putting them in the water.”

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OPINION: We did not need the Nation’s ‘Report Card’ to tell us we must invest in civic education

The Hechinger Report

Add learning loss stemming from the pandemic, and scores this year actually went down: Only 22 percent of eighth graders demonstrated proficiency in the topic, compared with 24 percent the last time the subject was tested in 2018. government, and only 29 percent said they had a teacher whose primary responsibility is teaching civics.

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