In an op-ed published in , TC鈥檚 Michael Rebell writes that America鈥檚 public schools are largely failing to meet their core responsibility to the American public: to educate young people in civic values and prepare them 鈥渢o be good citizens, capable of safeguarding our democratic values.鈥� Schools have cut civics and history instruction and focused instead on math and literacy classes. The resulting lack of understanding about how the nation鈥檚 democracy works - and of citizens鈥� responsibilities to sustain it - has contributed to the sharp political divisions currently in evidence, writes Rebell, Professor of Law and Education Practice and Executive Director of the . 鈥淚t鈥檚 a crisis that has caught up to us in many ways, and one we must work hard to reverse lest our representative government fall apart in future generations.鈥� A link to the op-ed is .
Michael A. Rebell: Professor of Law and Educational Practice
Michael A. Rebell Professor of Law and Educational Practice
Rebell is the author of 鈥�,鈥� (University of Chicago Press).