Expert: Lack of Civics Knowledge a Serious, Yet Fixable, Problem.
AScribe Law News Service, September, 2005
Byline: Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- James Madison. Alexander Hamilton. Freedom of speech, religion and assembly. The separation of powers. Most would agree these are historical figures and basic concepts with which every American should be familiar.
But Phillip VanFossen, an associate professor of social studies education in Purdue's College of Education and director of the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship, says unfortunately, that's not necessarily the case.
"The fact is that many Americans lack fundamental knowledge and understanding about the Constitution, our nation's history and the principles on which our republic was founded, and that should be a concern to all of us," he...
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