From The Heritage Foundation's Blog:
The Department of Education reports that more than half of high school seniors lack even a basic knowledge of American history. Many college students, another study finds, can’t identify the Gettysburg Address and don’t know that James Madison was the father of the Constitution.
…High schools largely ignore, minimize, or disparage the story of America’s Founding in the classroom…We must reverse this course by making a commitment at every level of education to promote an awareness and appreciation of the true principals of the American Founding…The public mission of our schools in the past was to transmit this knowledge to young Americans as the most important requisite for democracy. This must be the mission of our schools again.
That’s exactly the mission that former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has taken on.
Bennett has produced a series of history books and online curricula for students in grades 8-12, which are being made available this month. The books are being published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Bennett Releases Books to Teach U.S. History to Students | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Please share this information with any friends who have children in grades 8-12, or who would be interested in reading the books to their younger children, or even refresh their own knowledge of America.
