Report Says 10% Of Recent U.S. College Grads Think Judge Judy Is A Supreme Court Justice
“The 28 page report titled A Crisis in Civic Education, was published by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), an independent, non-profit organization “committed to academic freedom, excellence, and accountability at America’s colleges and universities.” It is the summation of a survey they commissioned in late summer 2015 that questioned recent American college graduates and the public at large “about their understanding of our free institutions of government.”
“The ACTA concluded, “There is a crisis in American civic education. Survey after survey shows that recent college graduates are alarmingly ignorant of America’s history and heritage.” The group added that, “without comprehensive curricular change and rigorous requirements, American colleges will graduate generations of students who lack the knowledge that is indispensable for engaged and thoughtful citizenship.”
“What’s particularly alarming to us is what this means for women’s history, which is already largely ignored.”
Thank goodness I have a wonderful fiancée who teaches high school history and always takes the time to include as many lessons on women’s history as he can. (I may or may not have been a large influence on this...)