75% of Highschoolers can't name our first President in AZ.

[Danno 1,228]

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75 Percent of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name the First President of the U.S.

Oklahoma Students Score Low on Basic Civic Questions

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm, Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

A thousand students were given 10 questions drawn from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services item bank. Candidates for U.S. citizenship must answer six questions correctly in order to become citizens.

About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on their first try, according to immigration service data. However, Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

"Jefferson later said that a nation can't expect to be ignorant and free," Dutcher said. "It points to a real serious problem. We're not going to remain ignorant and free."

[natty bumppo 297]

Isn't steven from AZ?

[Ban Hammer 13,658]

Isn't steven from AZ?

but i'm sure he's smarter than the average student in oklahoma or arizona.

[natty bumppo 297]

Isn't steven from AZ?

but i'm sure he's smarter than the average student in oklahoma or arizona.

got a link to support that?

[Mark&Steph 0]

I bet they also don't know the difference between except and accept.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Only two thngs come from Oklahoma.

[Ban Hammer 13,658]

Isn't steven from AZ?

but i'm sure he's smarter than the average student in oklahoma or arizona.

got a link to support that?

yeah, but it's on the huffington post

[GabiandVi 34]

Now you understand my world. Before I started teaching there was an appalling statistic about how many Americans didn't know that Mexico bordered the US to the south. I refused to believe it. It had to be how the question was worded, I insisted. There was no way you could turn on the TV and not know that Mexico bordered the US to the south. It just wasn't possible to exist in the US and not know that.

Then I began teaching. The level of ignorance I observed was shocking. And so much of learning is based on prior knowledge, so fixing the problem seemed impossible. It was so depressing I left the US.

Now I'm back and I have more hope, but the ignorance is just as bad.

My point is, I'm not at all shocked by this statistic. I can't explain it, but I'm not surprised by it.

[natty bumppo 297]

Isn't steven from AZ?

but i'm sure he's smarter than the average student in oklahoma or arizona.

got a link to support that?

yeah, but it's on the huffington post

oh ... the presidents early bird ....

[trillium13 84]

Well, here in Texas, it's my understanding that they want George Washington removed from the Social Studies curriculum completely. They do however, want to require bible study.

[natty bumppo 297]

Well, here in Texas, it's my understanding that they want George Washington removed from the Social Studies curriculum completely. They do however, want to require bible study.

good for you ....

[dalegg 143]

Now I'm back and I have more hope, but the ignorance is just as bad.

The good news is that the ignorance is not worse then, right?

I bet they also don't know the difference between except and accept.

That's just something you're going to have to except.

[natty bumppo 297]

Now I'm back and I have more hope, but the ignorance is just as bad.

The good news is that the ignorance is not worse then, right?

I bet they also don't know the difference between except and accept.

That's just something you're going to have to except.

[trillium13 84]

Well, here in Texas, it's my understanding that they want George Washington removed from the Social Studies curriculum completely. They do however, want to require bible study.

good for you ....

Yeah, awesome.

[natty bumppo 297]

Well, here in Texas, it's my understanding that they want George Washington removed from the Social Studies curriculum completely. They do however, want to require bible study.

good for you ....

Yeah, awesome.

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