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CAL THOMAS COMMENTART APRIL 24, 2020

THIS WILL NOT COME AS BREAKING NEWS TO ANYONE, BUT IT SHOULD FORCE US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

RESULTS FROM THE 2018 NATIONWIDE SURVERY OF WHAT AND HOW AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS ARE BEING TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE IN. THE FIGURES ARE DEPRESSING, AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.

PROFESSOR JEFFREY SIKKENGA, WHO HEADS THE ASHBROOK CENTER AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY IN OHIO, SAYS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATION PROGRESS FINDINGS AGAIN REVEAL THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF U.S. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. FAILURE TO DO SO LEAVES THEM EASY TARGETS FOR THE FAR-LEFT’S ONGOING RE-EDUCATION EFFORTS.

JUST ONE EXAMPLE: WITH A PERFECT SCORE BEING 100, THE AVERAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT SCORE WAS 16, WHILE THE AVERAGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS JUST 33.

            INSTEAD OF BEING TAUGHT REAL HISTORY AND THE CONSTITUTION, YOUNG MINDS ARE BEING FILLED WITH A SECULAR-PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF AMERICA’S PAST. IT’S JUST ONE MORE REASON – IF YOU NEED ANY – TO WITHDRAW THEM FROM THESE RE-EDUCATION CENTERS AND PUT THEM IN AN ENVIRONMENT AT HOME OR IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY WILL LEARN TRUTH. I’M CAL THOMAS.

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