Civil society has deteriorated over the last three decades as people have withdrawn from civic life. The root cause of this trend lies in our failed education system, which has substituted nation-building civic education with destructive activism.
I’ve seen the results of this failed education firsthand in the classroom as a political science professor. Today’s college students lack the fundamental knowledge of our rights and obligations to society.
Our education system was created to cultivate the next generation to build, strengthen, and defend our nation — not just by voting and paying taxes but by participating in the structures that make up civil society: family, faith, community organizations, and charity.
Today, we are suffering the repercussions of an education system that has turned its back on this purpose, and our families and communities are suffering as a…
