Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
4-11-2013
Publication Source
Daedalus
Volume
142
Issue
2
Start Page
65
Last Page
83
DOI
10.1162/DAED_a_00204
Abstract
This essay explores the value and state of civics education in the United States and identify five challenges facing those seeking to improve its quality and accessibility: 1) ensuring that the quality of civics education is high is not a state or federal priority; 2) social studies textbooks do not facilitate the development of needed civic skills; 3) upper-income students are better served by our schools than are lower-income individuals; 4) cutbacks in funds available to schools make implementing changes in civics education difficulty and 5) reform efforts are complicated by the fact that civics education has become a pawn in a polarized debate among partisans.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 2013 American Academy of Arts & Sciences & MIT Press, Daedalus.
Recommended Citation
Jamieson, K. H. (2013). The Challenges Facing Civic Education in the 21st Century. Daedalus, 142 (2), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00204
Date Posted: 15 April 2014
This document has been peer reviewed.