For the founders, education went hand in hand with citizenship. Schools in the republic were meant to produce virtuous, thoughtful, and patriotic Americans.

For the founders, education went hand in hand with citizenship. Schools in the republic were meant to produce virtuous, thoughtful, and patriotic Americans.

A new NBC News poll shows that Americans remain committed to the nation’s founding ideals — but widely feel that schools are not adequately teaching what’s needed to sustain them.