ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
The Cato Institute recently asked Americans seven basic civics questions as the country turned 250. A majority of Gen Z answered only one of them correctly. In fact, 61% of adults under 30 could not say what the anniversary marks,...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
In early 2022 Philanthropy Roundtable published “What Ever Happened to U.S. History 101?,” a discussion of the abysmal failure of U.S. colleges and universities to ensure students’ course schedules include at least a basic survey course...
On this episode of Higher Ed Now Civics Edition, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff speaks with Michael Auslin, the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Professor Auslin...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
“Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?” asked President Ronald Reagan as he left office in 1989. Twenty-seven...
On the floor of the House of Representatives, Virginia Foxx (R-NC) praises ACTA’s “A Broadside for the Nation“, which calls for a return to mandatory courses in US history to graduate from American universities....
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
For America’s semiquincentennial, my son and I drove from New York to Williamsburg, Virginia, to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the old Capitol — the very spot where it was proclaimed to cannon fire 250...
The evening hosted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) and the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin will feature a keynote address by Vincent Phillip Muñoz, Tocqueville Professor of Political...
ACTA in the NewsCivic Education
Ignorance of America’s institutions, principles, and history weakens commitment to our nation and its future. It threatens the country as much as any foreign army. Without a knowledge of the country’s history, young people...
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