By Robert Holland, American Thinker -
The good news is that civics education is quickly gaining fans after being dormant for decades. There is a growing recognition that democracy cannot endure if three-fourths of American students don’t know what makes their country tick. The big unknown is whether revived civics coursework will become a means of teaching kids that they live in an exceptional republic whose founders molded a constitutional system within which citizens can find their niche and enjoy the blessings of liberty.