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Civics Needs Pluralism

Civics Needs Pluralism
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America is a beautiful—and decidedly pluralistic—country. Our education system contains 12,546 locally controlled school districts. Charter schools have gained hundreds of thousands of students in recent years. Private school enrollments are up, and the classical school movement has exploded.
Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly
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Thomas Kelly is vice president of Civics Initiatives at the Jack Miller Center, a nationwide network of scholars and civics teachers dedicated to passing on the American political tradition.
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