| Last week’s curation at RealClear’s American Civics portal features the latest op-ed by the Jack Miller Center’s Hans Zeiger and Thomas Kelly at the Washington Examiner. Zeiger and Kelly examine the possible solutions on offer to fix the worsening state of U.S. civics education. The dominant answer, which looks “to encourage civic engagement through service learning, from promoting community volunteerism to training students to be policy activists and lobbyists,” has a problem of its own, however. “Whether fair or not, many see service learning as a politicized approach to civics instruction,” Zeiger and Kelly contend. “And higher education really cannot afford to lose the trust of more people.” They point to two developments that could stem the tide. First, Zeiger and Kelly note that there is “rising movement of higher education stakeholders” who “are leading the way to a new era of civic learning on America’s campuses.” These include Mitch Daniels, the former president of Purdue University, who “instituted a graduation requirement that students take civics coursework and pass a civic literacy exam.” They also point to new civic centers at places such as Johns Hopkins University, where the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute was recently established. Second, Zeiger and Kelly argue that the founding of similar institutions at large, public universities is another promising venture. They specifically point to Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL), which was founded as “a direct result of public pressure to invest in civics at the university level around 2016.” Led by Professor Paul Carrese, SCETL “was a principal in the development of the Educating for American Democracy road map and is a consultant with the Arizona State Board of Education on overhauling the state’s civics standards.” They also note the establishment of similar centers at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Florida, and Utah Valley University, among others. These “remarkable efforts now underway from Indianapolis to Tempe, and from Newport News to Orem,” they conclude, “provide hope for the future.” In the News Hans Zeiger & Thomas Kelly, Washington Examiner Bustillo, Bowman, & Simmons-Duffin, NPR Robert Curry, The Blaze Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service Susan Crabtree & Carl Cannon, RCP Fiona Harrigan, Reason John O. McGinnis & Michael Rappaport, Law & LIberty Liam Julian, Sun Chronicle Mark Callister, Deseret News National Constitution Center Carten Cordell, Government Executive Brook Manville & Josiah Ober, Princeton University Press Ben Judge, New Criterion Stewart D. McLaurin, USA Today Glenn A. Moots, Law & Liberty National Constitution Center New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein unveils his new book, "How to Interpret the Constitution<em>...</em> Bill of Rights Institute Why is it important in a healthy civil society for individuals to act with integrity? Explore the... PragerU When Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States, he did not believe the country... Carl Cannon's Great American Stories Good morning, it's Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, and the day of the week when I share a quote meant to ... Good morning, it's Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. On this date 142 years ago, President James A. Garfield finally succumbed to his wounds ... It's Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, and the day of the week when I share a quote meant to be uplifting ... | 