that “America is the only country ever founded on a creed.” Visiting a classroom today, however, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone teaching a unique Americanthe American one as a lens to teach students.
It couldn’t come at a better time because, much to the dismay of anyone who believes in a well-informed voting populace, civics education in America has deteriorated over the past several decades. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s most recent, for instance, found that more than 70% of the public failed a basic civics quiz that included such topics as the three branches of government.found that 85% of respondents believe “civility in today’s society is worse than it was 10 years ago.
This is where we turn to classical education, which is primarily focused on the texts of the Western canon. Proponents of this type of education note that these works, including everything from Homer’s