A Curricular Solution to the Crisis of Civic Illiteracy
by David Bruce Smith for American Council of Trustees and Alumni
April 29, 2025
“Our failure to educate future citizens for informed civic participation compromises the country. Institutions need to take ACTA’s findings to heart and, starting with their requirements for the history major, embrace their obligation to address the crisis, robustly in civic education. …”
David Bruce Smith is the founder of the Grateful American Foundation and co-founder of the Grateful American Book Prize
