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How and why did civics and social studies education atrophy in America’s schools?

Those increases often came at the expense of social studies.

Only 10% of instruction time goes to social studies in elementary school.

People have to also be able to evaluate those words, spotting the half-truths, hyperbole, ambiguities, inaccuracies, and values behind those words — and those skills go back to social studies.

A mere ten percent of instructional time in elementary school goes to social studies — about the same as art and music.