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Strengthening the Civic Mission of Charter Schools
Robin Lake, Cheryl Miller American Enterprise InstituteBy characterizing education primarily as the path to personal and professional advancement, reformers have (albeit unintentionally) redefined education as a private good, divorcing schooling from its historic role of instructing young people for citizenship, write Robin Lake and Cheryl Miller in a report for the American Enterprise ...
Civic Education in Traditional Public, Charter, and Private Schools: Moving From Comparison to Explanation
David Campbell American Enterprise InstituteA growing number of studies have demonstrated that private schools and many charters provide a much better civic education than public schools, notes David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame. This contradicts conventional wisdom that public schools are necessary to inculcate citizenship. Even so, he says, the right question ...