By educating the K-12 students of today with civic and history education, our democracy of tomorrow may function with more civility and willingness to compromise.
Congress should heed the President's request to end federal fundingfor the Center for Civic Education and remove language thatauthorizes exclusive funding for the CCE from federal law at thenext opportunity. If Congress and the President work to arrest thealarming growth of federal education policy, they can provide avaluable civics lesson for all Americans.