art credit: Mr. Donn's American History
Some Cleveland
Tea Party readers will have called members of the Ohio School Board to keep our Founding Documents (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Federalist
Papers) in school curricula. Here’s the Update by Patrick O’Donnell from cleveland.com:
COLUMBUS,
Ohio - Don't shortchange America's "founding documents," the state
school board was told Tuesday, by trying to axe tests that make sure students
learn them.
School
board members have been under
pressure from across the state to cut how many standardized tests students have
to take. Some members have sought to cut any tests not required by the
federal government, which would eliminate some math, English and science tests.
It
would also wipe out the American History and American Government tests that all
high school students must take.
That
didn't sit well with some legislators and activists who fought to require these
documents to be taught -- and included on state tests -- in 2012. That's
when Senate
Bill 165, called the "Founding Fathers Act" or the
"Founding Documents Act" by some, mandated them.
That
means the board can't cut them on its own, but can only ask the legislature to
do so.
Don't
bother, Senate President Larry Obhoff, a Medina Republican, told the board
through an aide Tuesday. He said the legislature won't change the law,
regardless of any recommendation from the board.
.
. .
Despite
more than 90 minutes of debate, most of which centered on procedural issues
with motions and amendments, the board took no action on any tests. It delayed
any vote until later this year.
Those calls and messages made a
difference.
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