This has all been Purposely done by the Authoritarians

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6. A lot of the states in that list have fairly general "social studies" requirements...

...that are not particularly specific about what actual civics education actually is--or the requirements are optional, or it's "a little Column A, a little Column B", etc. Actual "civics" classes have declined to a large degree. Classes in US History, World History, etc. are great, but "civics" used to be a separate and unique subject. When I was in high school, it even included a section on the labor movement. I think something like that would be hard to find in any high school today.

That's not to say that civics is gone--it's not--but we could really use the older approach that doesn't just shoehorn it into the general ed requirements.