A Republic, If You Can Teach It
Donald Trump
After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, it became common in education circles to hear his political ascendance described as a “Sputnik moment” for civics—a rude awakening that would force American schools to reckon with their failure to prepare students for democratic self-government. Like the Soviet satellite’s 1957 launch that jolted the nation into taking math and science education seriously, Trump’s improbable victory was going to galvanize demand for civics and history to ensure that
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