On September 17, in Washington, DC, a coalition of more than 40 groups gathered with the American Minister of Education Linda McMahon to plan to upgrade Civic and History Education on the eve of America’s Semiquinciennial – the 250th anniversary of our independence in 2026.
Education leaders and policymakers started the process of strengthening classrooms against the corrosive tide of Anti-American indoctrination that poisoned too many young spirits, to replace this indoctrination by a robust curriculum in history and social civicians who have ever hosts the world in human freedom.
At a time when left-wing agitators waves of violence unleashes of campus riots to chaos at street level-this is not just about dusty textbooks. It is about arming the next generation with the knowledge to participate in the civil discourse that our Republic demands, which reduces the temperature for a nation that fries at the edges.
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Polling held for the America First Policy Institute unambiguously shows that Americans understand: we are a patriotic people, failed by our public education system – and the consequences tear our seams. Americans – 86% of us – agree that a strong America makes the world a better place and 86% do not see the stars and stripes as a relic of oppression, but as a beacon of patriotism and unity.
George Washington, portrait painting by Constable-Hamilton, 1794. From the New York Public Library. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty images)
It is a thunderous reprimand of the ruthless propaganda machine that frames our founding as an original sin, our heroes as villains and our progress as looting.
But if we are on the advantage of 250 years, there is a yawn gap: civil literacy. A slim 23% think that schools do enough work, learn our history. Almost from us, 93%, agree that too many citizens have no idea of ​​the basics.
The evidence is in the quiz. When asked to answer 18 questions that are similar to those on the naturalization test the verbal glove immigrants pass to become civilians-86% of the native adult adults scraped with a transient degree (11 of 18 correctly). We have nailed the easy one: 98% know that the period of a president is four years; 97% PEG George Washington as our first Chief Executive. And 93% can explain the stripes of the flag or the name “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
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But dig deeper and show the cracks. Only 74% can mention the three branches of the government. Only 69% understand the president’s core tasks. And a shocking 41% wrongly thinks that the members of the house are confronted to the four years-that is the presidential cycle, not theirs. Even fundamental things stumble against people: only 65% ​​credit chairman Thomas Jefferson with donating the declaration of independence, and 20% bizarre injects the rights of the first amendment in his celebrated living trio of life, the freedom and the striving for happiness.
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Unfortunately, 56% were flown more than five questions from 18 – if the real naturalization test, with only 10 questions, of which you can only miss four, they would run a serious danger to fail. This is not just Trivia; It is the scaffolding of self -administration. In an era of targeted violence from the radical links – or Molotov cocktails in federal buildings were lobed or the organized criminals who changes protests into Pogroms – came ignorance distribution.
Without a shared concept of why America is exceptional, why our constitution is a stronghold against tyranny, extremists fill the void with anger. Proud of our history is not Jingoism; It is the antidote for hate-driven anarchy. Promoting the reasoned debate based on a shared concept of Civics and history, lets us differ from expanding without swinging bricks.
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The good news? Americans don’t just grab – we are united on fixes. No less than 82% ago a daring idea: requires that every high school Grad of a Civics test if the naturalization exam passes before he obtains that diploma. Imagine it – children have not drilled in complaints studies, but in the genius of federalism, the sacrifices of Valley Forge and the miracle of 1776.
But if we are on the advantage of 250 years, there is a yawn gap: civil literacy. A slim 23% think that schools do enough work, learn our history. Almost from us, 93%, agree that too many citizens have no idea of ​​the basics.
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This is not a nostalgia; It’s a necessity. While the anger from the left at street level escalates, a direct spur of their victim-curriculum-oline strengthening the civil pride is increasing us again. Desired citizens do not burn flags; They wave them. They do not scream opponents; They surpassed them, as Charlie Kirk modeled. They don’t despair; They build.
On the way to our 250th, let’s demand that schools teach the truth, not a false shame. Mandate that civil test. And let’s strive to renew an appreciation for the promise of America to secure the blessings of freedom for another quarter of a millennium.
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