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Survey Finds Teenagers Ignorant on Basic History and Literature QuestionsQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments
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| Fewer than half of American teenagers asked basic history and literature questions in a phone survey knew when the Civil War was fought, and one in four said Columbus sailed to the New World some time after 1750, not in 1492.Bush's No Child Left Behind law has impoverished public school curriculums by holding schools accountable for student scores on annual tests in reading and mathematics, but in no other subjects. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.
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