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Originally Posted by rubicon
An article in the WSJ a few weeks ago ran along these same lines. Only 12% of young people knew their were 13 original colonies. The artcle ended by reminding readers that educators may want to shift their agendas from teaching cultural diversity to basic history/civic education.. I mean they are eligible to vote?????
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They also may want to teach reasoning skills - not just how to take a test....
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