Renewed Push for Civics, Citizenship Lessons
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From Times Wire Reports
Bush administration officials are exploring ways to use the public’s patriotic response to the Sept. 11 attacks to promote the teaching of civics and citizenship in American classrooms, a U.S. official said.
A working group from several Cabinet departments and federal agencies is looking for “resources and options” to support civics education in the public schools, said Lindsey Kozberg, communication director for the USA Freedom Corps.
Kozberg said there is no timetable for the interagency group to conclude its study of the issue.
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