RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARENTS, THE MEDIA, AND ALL CITIZENS

! Parents should encourage their children to develop an interest in keeping themselves informed about current events; encourage their children to take an interest in and volunteer in their community; and help their children develop civic knowledge, skills,and habits.

! Parents should review the civic learning opportunities in children's schools. If parents are not satisfied their children are receiving adequate civic learning, parents should demand improvements from their local education policymakers.

! The media should highlight successful civic learning opportunities and point out areas of needed improvement and urge policymakers to improve.

! The media should recognize schools as an ideal venue for reading/watching news outlets and should support schools through programs such as “Newspapers in Education” and PBS's “the.News.”

! All citizens should demand that the schools they help support provide effective civic learning for all students.

! All citizens should volunteer time and resources to help schools provide effective civic learning.