Too hard to teach political literacy?
This morning I attended the launch event of the Youth Citizenship Commission’s final report, no doubt lost in the press amongst the ‘jacko mania’ . The usual suspects were all there eager to hear the outcomes on effective participation and the engagement of young people in politics - with most of us wondering if they would back or oppose lowering the voting age (the latter being avoided with a resounding ’we aren’t sure either way’) (more…)