Re: US Students Show Poor Grasp Of Civics Basics

*******One bright spot: Hispanic students, a growing proportion of the
> country's population and student body, narrowed the gap between their
> scores and those of non-Hispanic white students. On average, Hispanic
> eighth-graders scored 137 and non-Hispanic whites 160. That 23-point gap
> was down from 29 in 2006.*******

So a bright spot is that the Hispanics are only a little more stupid
than the white kids.... Yeah thats really a bright spot !!!!!!!!!!

We need more "Ebonics" teachers.

On May 6, 10:57 am, Jonathan <jonathanashle...@lavabit.com> wrote:
> *US Students Show Poor Grasp Of Civics Basics*
> May 05, 2011|By Sam Dillon, New York Times
>
> NEW YORK --- Fewer than half of US eighth-graders knew the purpose of
> the Bill of Rights on the most recent national civics exam, and one in
> 10 demonstrated acceptable knowledge of the checks and balances between
> the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, according to test
> results released yesterday.
>
> Three-quarters of high school seniors who took the National Assessment
> of Educational Progress were unable to identify the effect of foreign
> policy on other nations or name a power granted to Congress.
>
> The results "confirm that we have a crisis on our hands when it comes to
> civics education,'' said Sandra Day O'Connor, a former Supreme Court
> justice who last year founded icivics.org, a nonprofit group that
> teaches civics through Web-based games.
>
> The Department of Education administered the tests to 27,000 fourth-,
> eighth-, and 12th-grade students last year.
>
> Average fourth-grade scores on the test's 300-point scale rose slightly
> since the exam was last administered, in 2006, to 157 from 154. Average
> eighth-grade scores were virtually unchanged at 151. Scores of high
> school seniors --- who are either eligible to vote or about to be ---
> dropped to 148 from 151.
>
> "The results confirm an alarming and continuing trend that civics in
> America is in decline,'' said Charles N. Quigley, executive director of
> the nonprofit Center for Civic Education.
>
> One bright spot: Hispanic students, a growing proportion of the
> country's population and student body, narrowed the gap between their
> scores and those of non-Hispanic white students. On average, Hispanic
> eighth-graders scored 137 and non-Hispanic whites 160. That 23-point gap
> was down from 29 in 2006.
> --
>
>       Freedom is always illegal.

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