The Movement to Revamp Civics
Could a change in American education render a change in American society?

“As America nears her quarter-millennium birthday, her citizens are remarkably pessimistic and disillusioned about the American Dream. A record number of us no longer anticipate high-quality lives in the near future. Institutions integral to our functioning and way of life—courts, the financial system, public schools, universities—have lost the faith of most Americans.

Our major political parties continue to diverge ideologically, with a majority of those under 45 saying that it’s important to date or marry someone with similar political views.

These trends, coupled with a general malaise that most of us feel but struggle to articulate, have led Paul Carrese to ask what we’ve all been thinking: “Is it too late for America?”