Florida has the blueprint to confront America's civics crisis
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In 2021, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida's Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative, a $106 million program to elevate civic literacy and education.
John Duebel is the director of social studies and the arts in the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support at the Florida Department of Education (FDOE). Mr. Duebel works closely with the Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative throughout the state.
Given these statistics it is not surprising that a 2022 Gallup poll found that 55% of parents are dissatisfied with the quality of K-12 education. The pandemic only amplified the problem but also alerted parents and the nation to the true state of the U.S. education system.
So what is the solution to America’s education woes? Part of the solution resides with state legislatures planning for "longer-term policy changes," argues a nonpartisan research team from Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins.
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