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Civics education isn't boosting youth voting or volunteerism

  • Written by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
imageThese students at the University of Pittsburgh urged their peers to vote in the 2020 presidential election.Aaron Jackendoff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

After the insurrection, the impeachment, the trial and ongoing partisanship in 2021, many Americans are looking to civics education as a source of hope, according to George Washington...

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