Actor Richard Dreyfuss Discusses Importance of Teaching Civics in American Schools

Actor Richard Dreyfuss Discusses Importance of Teaching Civics in American Schools
Actor Richard Dreyfuss arrives for the Los Angeles Premiere of "Sweetwater" in the Steven J. Ross Theater at the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank, Calif., on April 11, 2023. Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images
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Passive citizenship in America is the direct consequence of public schools not teaching about people’s constitutional rights and the rules for governing the country enshrined in the Constitution, said actor Richard Dreyfuss.

Dreyfuss—who won an Academy Award in 1978 for his leading role in “The Goodbye Girl” and has acted in other famous films such as “What About Bob?,” “American Graffiti,” “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and more—spoke to The Epoch Times at Hunter College in New York City on May 2.

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