tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post5145747305498232501..comments2024-03-19T23:09:02.136-04:00Comments on Collecting My Thoughts: President Ben Franklin was my favoriteNormahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5890312.post-65968161537557954442009-09-22T14:35:00.683-04:002009-09-22T14:35:00.683-04:00"On the U.S. Department of Education’s 2006 a..."On the U.S. Department of Education’s 2006 assessment of civics knowledge, only 27 percent of 12th-graders demonstrated proficiency, and one-third scored below the “basic” level. More than a third of 12th-graders didn’t know that the First Amendment protects freedom of worship." City Journal summer 2007Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com