Former Fla. Senator: You can fight city hall

Bob Graham says you can fight city hall — and win.

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Study Finds Disparity in Civics Classes

Her neighborhood, with its police cameras and abandoned buildings, isn't known for inspiring hope. Yet, 18-year-old Ariel Williams feels empowered.

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US Constitution summary, analysis, meaning, interpretation. The Constitution at Shmoop.

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In detailing some of the evidence against Strategic Vision LLC, a pollster I am now almost certain is disreputable and fraudulent, I pointed in particular to a poll that they conducted on behalf of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, an conservative-leaning educational thinkt …

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In a recent discussion with a colleague, I lamented the fact that too few American citizens understand their obligation, before all others, to support and defend our Constitution, much less, engender the ability to do so.

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The lack of knowledge of civics, the constitution, the general intent of the founders is more than apparent in the 10ers, 16ths, Birther, and Tea Bagers.

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Civics lesson 101: Is the price of admission to the health care reform debate an hour of our primetime television-watching time? In other words, if we want to be part of the discussion on health reform, does it behoove us to pay attention to the president's speech tonight?

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excerpt: ''" White House officials seemed to be caught flat-footed by the response to what they say was a simple back to school address by President Obama to students across the nation -- and has turned into a firestorm.

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"The ordinance gives police the unbridled discretion to arrest a person for engaging in a constitutionally protected activity," Steinberg said.

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Hello Skeptics... Actually what you are witnessing in the behaviour of people like Sarah Palin is civic duty, loyalty and responsibility.

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hoenix--Just in time to celebrate Independence Day, a new survey of 1,300 Arizona public high school students reveals that only 3.5 percent have enough basic civics knowledge to pass a U.S. citizenship test. ...

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If there is one thing students and teachers despise it's clutter. One way teachers create clutter is asking students to print out a current event. Students print out weekly current events, read and summarize it, have it graded and then throw it out.

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What are schools teaching about the American Way?

In three weeks I begin teaching a four-part (eight-hour) course for adults on American patriotism. My goal is to get by the "America, love it or leave it" attitudes and explore just what patriotism really means and how we practice it.

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ISI gave a random sample of 2,508 Americans a 33-question civics exam that included basic questions on U.S. history, politics, international relations and free market economics.

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The statistics and test results cited in this article are thoroughly disgusting Excerpt from article:A 1999 survey taken by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni of seniors at the nation's top 55 liberal-arts colleges and universities found that 98 percent could identify r …

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Building a Fantasy Party Platform

First, by fantasy party I don't mean Harry Potter for President, its sort of like fantasy football except that instead of drafting players I'm looking to build a platform for a party that doesn't exist, but that I'd like to see some day.

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Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

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Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

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OUR FADING HERITAGE: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History and Institutions is the third major study conducted by ISI on the kind of knowledge required for informed citizenship.

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US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.

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However you regard the outcome of the November 4 election, it was heartening to watch 125 million Americans cast their ballots at precincts from coast to coast.

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US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. Skip related content

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The First Amendment's guarantee of free speech applies to government, not private entities.

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Sadly, civic education has been in steady decline over the past generation, as high-stakes testing and an emphasis on literacy and math dominate school reforms. Too many young people today do not understand how our political system works.

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I teach a seminar called "Secrecy: Forbidden Knowledge." I recently asked my class of 16 freshmen and sophomores, many of whom had graduated in the top 10 percent of their high-school classes and had dazzling SAT scores, how many had heard the word "rendition."

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Why im wary of commenting. And why i would be criticized for that.

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