In this moment of intense polarization, Congress can help heal our nation by supporting the Civics Secures Democracy Act. Reintroduced this past month by a bipartisan group of senators led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and John Cornyn (R-TX), this landmark bill finally addresses what’s been neglected for nearly half a century in our schools: civic education.

The bill would authorize $1 billion annually over the next five years to support K-12 civic education and U.S. history so that every student in this country has the opportunity to acquire the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become informed and engaged members of our constitutional democracy.