Civics gets the squeeze.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

The first significant study of how the No Child Left Behind Act is influencing instructional time and professional development in key subject areas reveals that schools are spending more time on reading, math and science, but squeezing out social studies (including civics, history, economics and geography), languages and the arts. The report by the Council for Basic Education says that the shift away from these liberal arts subjects is most...