As the United States of America approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding a year from now, the world’s greatest power faces a quandary: how to better instruct its citizens as to the republic’s origins and essence. In this kickoff to a limited series on how Americans can better learn about their heritage, leading up to March’s Civic Learning Week and at one-day national forum hosted by the Hoover Institution, Hoover Volker Senior Fellow (adjunct) “Checker” Finn, a leading voice on education reform, discusses his and his colleagues’ best efforts to reinvigorate civics education across the land, from K-12 through college.
Recorded on January 20, 2025.
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