America's Students Know Little About Their Country, Geography, Civics and History

Ten years ago, the Atlantic  magazine featured an article on the sad state of our American 8th-grade students as to their knowledge of U.S. History, geography, and civics. The data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed that in 2014 between 18% and 27% of students scored proficient or higher in these three subjects.

Our U.S. Presidents Class will focus on all three areas as we look also at Current World Events and where they occur. In our first class we will view two videos that clearly illustrate the lack of knowledge of U.S. History and Civics in College students at Texas Tech here and in another video featuring high school students and their knowledge of Geography here.