| October 2007
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UpFront
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Trends, Facts, Innovators, Wisdom, Research, First 5 Years, News, Quotes, and Humor
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Civics Suffering
Need more evidence that the onslaught of mandatory testing under No Child Left Behind is negatively affecting students’ opportunities to become well-rounded thinkers? A Carnegie-Knight Task Force survey of 1,250 5th-12th grade civics, government, and social studies teachers found that teaching to the test is leaving educators too little time for civics education. Among the resources being left behind: use of current events to enhance lessons.
90% |
Teachers who fully or partly agree that news in the classroom is one of the best ways to get students interested in a class and its subject. |
75% |
Teachers who say they are using news less often in the classroom, citing mandated standardized tests as the reason. |
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9% |
Those who agreed fully that news in the classroom is one of the best ways to prepare students for mandated standardized tests. |
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