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	Podcast:		KQED’s Forum
	Episode:		Why Civics Education Matters
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:53:03
	Publish Date:		2018-11-06 12:00:00
	Description:		A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 26 percent of American respondents could name all three branches of government. And only one in three Americans would be able to pass a multiple choice U.S. citizenship test, according to a new poll from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Why are so many Americans struggling to understand how their government works? Today on Forum, we take a look at how civics education is being taught -- or not -- in California and across the country, and how the lack of civics literacy is affecting citizen participation.
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