How the Constitution teaches students to disagree civilly

By GLENN GAMBOA
AP Business Writer

A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders around the country felt political polarization interfered with their ability to teach their students. However, that’s not the case at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, especially not in Kim Barben’s Advanced Placement United States Government class. And with support from the National Constitution Center and its Interactive Constitution initiative, Barben and hundreds of teachers across the country get to show thousands of students that not everything is political. They also get practice in how to disagree without being disagreeable.