Posted on 09/15/2015 2:00:54 AM PDT by Rummyfan
*Nearly 10% of college graduates think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court.*
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WASHINGTON, D.C., September 8, 2015 — The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) today released a survey that shows how little college graduates and the general public know about the Constitution.
According to the study, nearly 10% of college graduates think Judith Sheindlin — commonly known as Judge Judy — is on the Supreme Court; one-third of college graduates can’t identify the Bill of Rights as a name given to a group of Constitutional amendments; and 32% believe that Representative John Boehner is the current president of the U.S. Senate. Shockingly, 46% of college grads don’t know the election cycle — six years for senators, two years for representatives. Turning to the general population, the report finds that over half (54%) of those surveyed cannot identify the Bill of Rights accurately, and over 1 in 10 (11%) of those ages 25–34 believe that the Constitution must be reauthorized every four years.
The survey coincides with the upcoming commemoration of Constitution Day, September 17. Nearly a decade ago, Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) spearheaded the designation of the day, mandating that all publicly funded educational institutions provide educational programming to improve knowledge of the Constitution. Just this year, higher education leaders called on Congress to eliminate the Constitution Day educational requirement as undue interference in a university’s autonomy.
However, the survey, coupled with ACTA’s 2015–2016 What Will They Learn? study (http://whatwilltheylearn.com/), finds that Senator Byrd’s concerns about civic illiteracy were well founded: Only 18% of America’s colleges and universities require students to take a course in American history or government.
(Excerpt) Read more at goacta.org ...
Just the way the Democrats like things.
Hey they keep pushing for more money for education to keep things just as they are.
Fools and idiots are easily controlled.
Jesse Watters was at Yale talking to students. It was sad. Funny but sad
Stuff like this always makes me want to hit my head against a hard surface.
People my age and a bit younger, completely, utterly, totally, oblivious and ignorant.
The only thing that they have been taught about the people who wrote the Constitution is that they were white slave owners.
The only thing that they have been taught about the people who wrote the Constitution is that they were white slave owners.
The Supremes aren’t using it anymore.
Hell, most federal judges don’t know the basic facts about the U.S. Constitution.
I have never owned a slave in all my born days. Therefore you have to vote for ME for president!</sarcasm>
Another Obamaesque triumph of American education.
More proof the takeover of the USA was done through education and the brainwashed unionized teachers.
Considering how many collage students are imports not natives perhaps it is not surprising they know nothing about the US, it’s government and history.
i’m not surprised.
dems have controlled ‘education’ since the late 70s. as such, they’re making sure people are barely able to flip burgers... insuring a paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle as high paying careers get offshored and demands for govt assistance increase (thereby increasing the number of people voting democrat)
...or Congress. Obama uses it though, as toilet paper.
And people wonder why Trump and Sanders are doing so well.
The leaders of tomorrow.
Because they were intentionally taught the wrong things about it, perhaps?
Takes lots of money to teach about rubbers and deviance.
It’s been changed to “Sometimes it’s better to consult a wise Latina and use international law day”.
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