"Individual participation also matters, which is why civic education is vital."

Elementary school children in 1830 were better educated on the Constitution than in current times. I wonder how many students today - or even adults - could correctly answer the questions in the Elementary Catechism on the Constitution of the United States for the Use of Schools: https://constitution.org/1-Constitution/cmt/stansbury/elementary_catechism_on_the_constitution.pdf