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Survey: US college students score low in civic literacy 

FILE- George Washington's signature is seen on his personal copy of the Acts of the first Congress (1789), containing the U.S. Constitution and the proposed Bill of Rights.

A recent survey commissioned by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that college student in the United States are lacking in civic education.

Writing for Ed Source, Emma Gallegos reports that most of those surveyed don’t know the terms lengths for members of Congress, and a third couldn’t identify the speaker of the House of Representatives. (July 2024)