This entire country is ignorant on how the government works and that has lead to some silly stuff in government….why is this?
Civics is not a mandatory subject in schools….here in Mississippi a Senator is trying to do something about the ignorance.
In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, we must ensure that Mississippi’s students graduate with knowledge of and appreciation for the Declaration of Independence and our state and federal institutions it inspired. Civics knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors are not passed along through the gene pool, but must be built anew with each rising generation of citizens.
To this end, I am proud to author Senate Bill 2292, legislation that would require civics courses in every public and charter school in Mississippi in order for students to graduate high school.
Earlier this month, the Senate unanimously passed SB 2292 with strong bipartisan support. It’s now assigned to both the House Education and Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee, and I encourage my House colleagues to put aside “education politics” of the last couple of years and advance it to the House floor, teeing up its passage prior to our adjournment in April.
Thirty-seven states plus D.C. require stand-alone civics courses for high school graduation, seven of them for a full year. If we pass this bill, beginning with the 2027-28 school year, Mississippi would proudly join this mix.
Civics knowledge is sadly lacking across our citizenry, perhaps most acutely among our students here in Mississippi. Nationally, only 22% of eighth graders achieved proficiency on the most recent NAEP civics assessment — the lowest performance of any tested subject outside U.S. History. For Mississippi students, who largely lack access to a dedicated civics course, the picture is likely no better. Mississippi students deserve better than that national floor.
Sen. Wiggins: Mississippi must require civics education for graduation
This is a stellar idea….not just for Mississippi but for this whole darn country.
Here in Mississippi I do not think this has a chance for state politicians like having an ignorant popular that is easily duped into their schemes and scams.
Hopefully this idea will catch on nationwide…..it is sadly needed for an informed population.
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“lego ergo scribo”
Sounds like a great plan. In the UK we didn’t have anything similar to Civics Class in England when I was at school, so many people left basic education with little or no knowledge of the political system, how social services work, or what rights they have in law. That has changed now, and the classes are on the national curriculum.
Best wishes, Pete.
‘Britain—specifically England—has mandatory “Citizenship” classes (similar to US civics) in state secondary schools. It is a statutory National Curriculum subject for pupils aged 11–16, focusing on democracy, law, government, and human rights, with available GCSE Citizenship Studies qualifications.’
Americans need this instruction badly….they cannot make a good choice. chuq
When I was in high school back in the day Civics was a required subject and I’m not entirely sure why it was dropped because I’d think that knowing how the government actually works would be extremely important.
If anyone had gone through those classes they’d find that much of what the government is doing these days is not only blatantly unconstitutional it is flat out illegal as well.
The current bunch don’t want people to know how our government works because their goal is to make it work only the way they want it to work…as an authoritarian regime….
In my day as well….all these assaults on educational has turned us into a country of people who will accept. chuq
Civics – great idea. But the teacher unions and their membership are teachers who indoctrinate that woke, Marxist, hate Amerika, open border, defund ICE, welcome to rapists and murderers stuff because that is the “correct” civics.
The only teachers of Marxist cap is the current administration who publicly adore Putin and The North Korean fat guy and Orban and all the rest of the communist dictators, and I have never met a teacher who teaches students to hate america, but I am now living under an administration that has no problem with hate …and nobody that I know of has ever welcomed rapists and murderers …
Just ignore him, John. He knows damned well that what he just said is complete horseshit. He’s a paid troll who haunts this blog occasionally and several others under various identities. He’s been ramping up the vitriol recently because he’s afraid he’s going to lose his job to an AI.
I think that is bs….I know people in those unions and none are Marxists….that is just an excuse to hate….chuq