I would like to reach the Spy readers to suggest that Maryland legislate a requirement for civic education, that it be integrated into the social studies curriculum from second grade through 10th grade, and that a certificate of completion at the 10th-grade level be required for both eligibility to get a driver’s license and to drop out of high school, thereby ensuring that no voter can be easily distracted by political rhetoric and other manipulations we have seen in recent years.
We need all our citizens to be fully aware of the contents of the Constitution and the organization of the American government. Our history has long been a beacon of democracy, and if we don’t get back to making sure our children know why it has been so, the greatest experiment in democratic government in the history of the planet will fail.
The Eastern Shore counties could legislate this idea and spread it to the state and the country.
Margot Miller, PhD
Easton
Easton
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