[TimTheTinker]

> I don't know how to invigorate a culture of debate and deliberation except by normalizing it among schoolchildren.

I have heard that many children in the US are being trained as political activists, instead of being trained to think critically and speak/write articulately. Is that true?

[Mountain_Skies]

New York City public schools has the 'Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning & Social Change' (grade 6 through grade 12) and 'Cornerstone Academy for Social Action' (pre-kindergarten through grade 5).