It seems that every year the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center releases a poll showing that, by and large, Americans struggle to answer basic questions about our system of government. The annual Constitution Day Civics Survey routinely paints a grim picture of the public’s knowledge and understanding about the institutions and laws that shape our country.

There is some better news in this year’s edition , with more survey respondents correctly answering questions that would be fitting for a citizenship test. But there is great room for improvement still, demonstrating the continued need for civics education in our schools.

Some 238 years ago in Philadelphia, a group of American statesmen signed a document that would change the fortunes of their fledgling count

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