We will talk about it on the phone. We go to arizona flagstaff, and believe me sometimes it gets pretty heated but we talk about the elections all over, even in kentucky. Got you. Thank you. I think there are a lot of political reforms that could potentially encourage more people to think about running for office. As far as term limits are concerned, we have elections every two years. If we could get more people to run for office, the elections could serve as term limits. But whats important and the argument we are trying to make in the book is that young people who are not that well versed about politics who dont necessarily know the specifics about different policies are still not at all interested in running for office thats because of a broader sense that it is not a way to get things done or to solve problems and not noble. So thats the challenge i think. It is not about specific changes to the system, which certainly couldnt hurt but it is about casting a wider net, letting young
Then we close out may at book expo america in new york city where the Publishing Industry show cases upcoming books. First week of june, live for the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest. Thats this spring on cspan2s book tv. Jennifer lawless is the coauthor of the book running from office, why Young Americans are turned off to politics. On washington journal we talked to her about involvement of young people in politics. This is 45 minutes. Our guest, coauthor of a book running from office why Young Americans are turned off to politics. Jennifer lawless joins us. Good morning. Good morning. Why is the turnoff happening . There are several reasons, but ultimately because politics are ugly, theres hyper partisanship stalemate young people want to go save communities think about every option rather than running for office. Is that because theyre not exposed to politics or theres not interest from them to get into politics . It is interesting. For a long time there was a sense Young Amer
Education landscape. First, we are opening the phone lines to ask for your ideas on the best way to improve education in the United States. Atents and students can call 202 5853880. Educators can call at 202 5853881. You can catch up with us on all of your social media pages on twitter. You can send us an email. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Taste of the backtoschool stories. Heres the front page of the richmond times. Local children in the richmond, Virginia Area head back to school today. The front page story ahead of the class, students head back to school. Sandpoint high school being highlighted in that story. The atlantic journalconstitution talked about the end of year testing. Here is the press telegram out of long beach and california. School uniforms still in style after 20 years is one of the headlines. New are being conversation on schools is being sought. There is an aim of encouraging more factbased National Discussion about the challenges of Public Education and possible
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