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The article offers information on the drawbacks of the contemporary civic education in the U.S. It states that the political theorists of education in the 1980s believed that value neutrality was problematic because it did not concern itself with inculcating any civic values, no less values conducive to liberal democracy.

This policy brief is the second in a series by AEI's Program on American Citizenship. The program is dedicated to strengthening the foundations of American freedom and self-government by renewing our understanding of American citizenship. For more information about our work, visit www.citizenship-aei.org. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]