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John Thompson: We Must Revive Civics Education

Diane Ravitch

John Thompson, retired teacher and historian in Oklahoma, reviews a book about how to teach civics in this era. government with children. When teaching abortion rights, I would reveal to my students, who mostly held anti-abortion beliefs, that I had been a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, but everyone was free to their own opinion.

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