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Ex-justice O’Connor gives schools poor civics marks
- 06-02-2010
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Boston Globe
An “unintended consequence’’ of the No Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease in civics knowledge, former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor said yesterday, promoting computer games that try to make learning about government fun. The federal education program appropriated funds “based on good test scores in math, science, and reading,’’ she said, but did not distribute money for history or civics. She made the remarks at a conference where she was promoting iCivics.org, a website that targets middle-school students. “Barely one-third of Americans can even name the three branches of government, much less say what they do,’’ O’Connor said. (more...)
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