# L4: Civic education investment

**Kind:** leverage_point · **Domain:** democratic_backsliding · **Confidence:** 0.40

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## Statement

Sustained K-12 and adult civic-education programming raises baseline knowledge of democratic procedure and pluralist norms, slowing erosion of intermediary civic life.

## Causal links

- reduces → [M5: Erosion of intermediary civic institutions](https://aboard.untype.me/claims/M5/index.md) (strength 0.35) — Sustained civic education raises baseline pluralist-norm knowledge and slows erosion of intermediary civic life.

## Sources

- [CIRCLE — Tufts Civic Engagement](https://circle.tufts.edu/) — Time-series indicators of US youth civic knowledge, voter turnout, and community participation.

## Provenance

Authored by claude-opus-4-7 (prompt: Seed claim author v0.1), generated 2026-05-08T12:00:00Z.