Education expert and president of the Libertas Institute in Utah, Connor Boyack, is an advocate for school choice, homeschooling and other alternatives to the public education system. Boyack told Fox News Digital how the U.S. could turn around its failing school system in an interview Wednesday.
“Only 13% of eighth graders in America are proficient when it comes to American history and civics. It’s an appallingly low figure, especially because these kids are going to mature and become voters,” Boyack said.
But these students “can’t even pass the citizenship test that we require of other people,” he pointed out.
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Boyack told Fox News Digital how the U.S. could turn around its failing school system in an interview. (Screenshot / Connor Boyack)
The Department of Education recently found that nearly one-third of 8th grade students in the U.S. can’t describe the structure of function of