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Teachers Have Known This for Years: A Generation Hollowed Out

America, Circa 2021 Young Americans are starting back to school in a few weeks and they are in trouble. Deep trouble.  After almost a quarter-century teaching at a public high school, I never imagined I would write a book ominously titled, Hollowed Out: A Warning About America’s Next Generation. But, to be blunt, American school teachers have […]

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Opinion: After Trump, Civics Can NEVER Be the Same 

I received a powerful but simple text message from my state assemblyman hours after the January 6th siege on the National Capitol: “Your job as a civics educator has never been so important.” [bctt tweet=”“Your job as a civics educator has never been so important.”” username=””] I couldn’t agree more. And yet, for legions of […]