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Utah parents protest schools' promotion of 'democracy'
- 04-05-2010
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By Rosemary Winters/Salt Lake Tribune
Some parents are calling on a school district to stop spreading "false educational ideas." First and foremost, the parents say, the district needs to clamp down on its use of the D-word: "democracy." This week, a spokeswoman for Utah's Republic, a group that advocates for a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, asked the Board of Education in Alpine to scrap its democracy-centered mission statement. The issue has sparked a dustup over the past month, garnering petition signatures from hundreds of Alpine parents and a rebuke of the school board by the Provo Daily Herald's editorial board. Alpine's mission statement is "Educating all students to ensure the future of our democracy." (more...)
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