Posts Tagged constitutional literacy
If Only Every High School Sophomore Was Like This One!
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth on May 14th, 2011
From the American Constitution Society Blog: Citing Rep. Michele Bachmann’s frequent inaccuracies and “gross distortions,” a high school sophomore from New Jersey has challenged the Minnesota congresswoman to a debate on the U.S. Constitution, U.S. history and civics, The Minnesota Independent reports. In an open letter to Bachmann, student Amy Myers writes: As a typical [...]
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The Center Will Not Hold
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on April 14th, 2011
I attended a conference on Media Reform last weekend, and came back pretty depressed. Although there were several thousand people in attendance who were determined to save journalism–not necessarily newspapers, or broadcast news, but the essential watchdog function that led our Founders to give Constitutional status to the press–it’s abundantly clear that right now, no [...]
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Good Citizens
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Education / Youth on March 29th, 2011
I have been asked to address students at an Indiana High School on “Good Government Day.” My assignment was to describe to them the attributes of a good citizen. Here’s what I plan to tell them. (Constructive criticism is welcome!) Good governments require good citizens. If there is one thing that history has taught us, [...]
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Paging Civics Teachers
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Constitution, Education / Youth on August 23rd, 2010
Where are all the high-school civics teachers when you need them? During the past few weeks, we have been treated to an absolute bonanza of constitutional ineptitude: we’ve had Dr. Laura explaining her departure from radio as an effort to get her First Amendment rights back; continuation of the ugly, ginned-up controversy over Muslims building [...]
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