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Students' geography basics improving, U.S. report says
Washington Times ^ | Saturday, June 22, 2002 | By Cheryl Wetzstein

Posted on 06/21/2002 11:37:36 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Many American students have improved their knowledge of geography, but one in three fourth-graders still can't identify his or her home state on a map, according to a federal government report released yesterday.

Since 1994 the knowledge of U.S. students about the world has improved, the federal government said in its 2001 national geography "report card."


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: education; educationnews
Saturday, June 22, 2002

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1 posted on 06/21/2002 11:37:36 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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If they can't identify a ballot, the Rats will have gotten their public education money's worth. Thanks NEA!
2 posted on 06/22/2002 5:58:11 AM PDT by goldstategop
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3 posted on 06/22/2002 9:58:49 AM PDT by Free the USA
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