Read the essay critically, consider its writing technique, and d

Read the essay critically, consider its writing technique, and discuss the following questions in groups of three or four.（文章详见教材P45页Essay 2）
What evidence does Jennings use to support his argument that “civic learning has been increasingly pushed aside” (Para. 10)? Is the evidence logically relevant and strong? If not, what do you think Jennings could do to improve his argument?
【正确答案】：He uses the evidence from the report of Center for Civic Education (CCE), which uses relevant statistics to compare civic education in various states in the past and present, indicating that civic learning used to be woven throughout the curriculum in the elementary grades and has been the traditional means of teaching students about democracy, but today those courses are very rare and the teachers spend little time on teaching them.
The evidence is logically relevant and strong.
Answers to the last question may vary.