The Civics Deficit From: The Washington Post | Date: November 30, 1999| Author: E. J. Dionne Jr. | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

As if parents didn't have enough to worry about already, consider the Civics Crisis. It's real. The results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, released earlier this month, found that one- third of high school seniors lacked a basic grasp of the principles of American government and that fully three-quarters were not proficient in civics.

Oh no, you say: Not another study showing our students aren't learning. Don't we have enough trouble just teaching kids to read, writ...

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