Recently there has been increased talk about the importance of teaching citizenship in schools.
We’ve had a conversation or two about it right here. But can citizenship education survive in an atmosphere of standardized testing and common core homogenization? Today on the Best Of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk to a professor of democracy and education about teaching students to be good citizens in a democratic society.
We’ll also spend an academic minute celebrating the birthday of one of the building blocks of democratic society.
