While I’m generally opposed to one unit of government mandating that another unit of government do anything, I might be willing to make an exception.
As I recall from my days of high school, so many years ago, Michigan children who attend a public school are required to take a class in government. Perhaps the Legislature ought to go further, and require that classes in government contain some lessons in logic.
The field of political rhetoric is a rich source of material for a unit on logical fallacies. For example, the logical fallacy of ad hominem gets used a lot in political campaigns. So does guilt by association. There’s also the fallacy of the excluded middle: You’re either with me, or you’re for the terrorists.
I have my doubts that such a mandate would go over well. Remember the problem of unintended consequences?
Now, I’m not saying that a public informed in the use of logical fallacies would always vote the way I would like, or that partisan divisions would cease. People vote, in part, on the different priorities they assign to widely held values. Being able to spot logical fallacies won’t change that the fact that some people will, for example, value freedom of action over security, while others will think differently. But at least, just perhaps, we’d have better, less bitter and more honest political discussions.