Education
Aug. 13, 2010
Civics Education of Our Children Calls for Reinvigoration
Only 19 percent of Americans know who Elena Kagan is. It's time to focus on a solid and early civics education to produce informed citizens, voters and leaders, by M.C. Sungaila of Horvitz & Levy.
This weekend, Elena Kagan became the fourth female justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. But a C-SPAN poll conducted during her confirmation hearing revealed that, when asked to identify who President Barack Obama had nominated to the Supreme Court, only 19 percent of Americans could name her. Even worse, 62 percent of the respondents said they heard too little about the workings of the Supreme Court, and two...
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