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To: longnshort who wrote (351115)	9/19/2007 5:32:01 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1578927

lol Bush's approval numbers are almost 3X that of the surrender chinese dems...

To: longnshort who wrote (351115)	9/19/2007 8:27:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578927

For the second year in a row, America's elite universities and colleges have failed to rise above a "D plus" on tests of basic knowledge about civics and American history, maintains a study commissioned by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). In 2005, ISI contracted with the University of Connecticut's Department of Public Policy (UConnDPP) to administer tests of basic historical and civic knowledge to 14,000 students at 50 top schools, including Yale, Harvard, Cornell, the University of Virginia, Brown and Duke. The survey found students "were no better off than when they arrived in terms of acquiring the knowledge necessary for informed engagement in a democratic republic and global economy." Since an education at top colleges can cost as much as $40,000 a year, it would appear those paying the bill are being cheated. Did you know that civics and social studies are not required testing on the standardized tests for No Child Left Behind? As a consequence did you know that schools are cutting out social studies and civics classes? The only people in my cohort who have finished their student teaching and not gotten jobs are the those specializing in civics and social studies.