If you watch enough national news, it’s easy to think that Democrats and Republicans rarely speak, always argue, refuse to compromise, and have nothing in common.

Fortunately, in Colorado at least, that is not always true.

I am sponsoring a bill with bipartisan support to strengthen civics instruction in our public schools. Though civics is already a required course, the legislature has never really addressed whether students are learning about the intricacies of civil government, then practicin...