In other schools history and civics classes are being eliminated to pay for computer technology. Is this part of right wing strategy to keep high school graduates ignorant about the US law and history that is not kind to the GOP?
This may be a strategy the GOP is using in school system to produce more slack jawed ditto heads. Beware of Republicans who call themselves education politicians.
The GOP advocated the private enterprise Edison schools that produced mediocre results. Republicans advocated merit pay for teachers and many of the Florida teachers that received it were the first to be laid off due to budgetary problems.
Beware of Republicans bearing gifts for education. The GOP made a sorry mess of education in Florida. Republicans are opposed to the concept of a 'liberal' education for students.
Florida has a strong Democratic contender for the next gubernatorial race, Alex Sink. It will take a Democrat to fix Florida public education.
August 2, 2009
"We know from survey results that two-thirds of people in the United States cannot even name all three branches of the national government," Souter said at the opening assembly of the American Bar Association's annual meeting.
Souter learned about government by sitting in on meetings in the rectangular Town Hall of Weare, N.H. as a youth. "If anyone had put the question to one of my 9th-grade classmates or to me -- what are the three branches of government? -- none of us would have failed to answer," stated Souter.
His written opinions were rarely quotable or controversial, but he was respected by many as a careful and curious judge, a man known for a spartan lifestyle and an aversion to the trappings of technology.
After retiring, Souter began working with the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society task force to improve civics education in the state's public schools.
Souter believes that a public poorly educated about government can't possibly respect the importance of an independent judiciary.
"We must revive the basic civic knowledge that once came naturally to a teenage boy in a small town," he said.
source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-souter_02aug02,0,3422817.story
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