As schools have continued to emphasize STEM courses and other subjects, civics has largely fallen off the curriculum calendar in most states—and we’re now living in a country roiled by political divisions and fears of violence. Richard Haass joins John to discuss the need for teaching what it means to be an American, the challenges of implementing a national civics curriculum, and how more nonprofit foundations should step up to support a new generation of Schoolhouse Rock-like projects, especially as the 250th anniversary of the U. S. approaches. Amb. Richard Haass joins John Avlon.
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The ambassador's book, "The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens"iCivics, the education group founded by Justice Sandra Day O'ConnorThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryThe National Constitution Center