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With the attention we are paying to advancing democracy abroad, we ought not neglect it at home.†
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Two-thirds of 12th-graders scored below "proficient" on the last national civics assessment in 1998, and only 9 percent could list two ways a democracy benefits from citizen participation.†
A healthy democracy depends on the participation of citizens, and that participation is learned behavior; it doesn't just happen.†
That means civic learning — educating students for democracy — needs to be on par with other academic subjects.†
Eighty years ago, John Dewey said, "Democracy needs to be reborn in every generation and education is its midwife."†
Until the 1960s, three courses in civics and government were common in American high schools, and two of them ("civics" and "problems of democracy") explored the role of citizens and encouraged students to discuss current issues.†
Preserving our democracy should be reason enough to promote civic learning.†
Democracy has been good for business and for economic well-being.†
By the same token, failing to hone the civic tools of democracy will have economic consequences.†
It should also be the occasion for a broader commitment, and that means restoring education for democracy to its central place in school.†

Definitions:

(1) (democracy)
a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)