Leaders at Boston University and beyond from a variety of fields presented their research and progress on civic education for youth in a Wheelock College of Education and Human Development webinar Thursday titled “Reimagining Civic Education for Equity.”

The issue of standardized testing is that universities can make it optional, but they can’t get rid of it or the system perpetuating its flaws. We need a fundamental change so all students receive a solid foundational education that starts as early as elementary school.