Students in the Minneapolis Public Schools Receive Abysmal Instruction in History, Government, Economics, and Geography

Students in the Minneapolis Public Schools know little, tending toward nothing at all, about history, government, economics, and geography. 

During the momentous events of 6 and 20 January, they had little background knowledge with which to evaluate the insurrection and the Inauguration.  Students know nothing about the United Sates Congress, the division of duties and defining characteristics of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Electoral College, and the impeachment process;  they are hard-pressed even to define the terms, “democracy” or “republic,” much less “communism,” "socialism,” and “fascism.”  

Even less are they likely to comprehend the remarkable vigor of the first 16 days of the Biden-Harris administration.

Biden-Harris have quickly established their administration as a viable agent for a visionary program of national progress..

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Biden has issued numerous executive orders, many of them reversals of those issued by Trump, thus taking tactical advantage of easy reversal while also signaling aggressive thrusting of the leftist vision.

Among Biden’s executive orders are the following  >>>>>

>>>>> requirement that all federal employees wear masks in public and when congregating;

>>>>> mandate to cease separation of children from families at the border, aggressively endeavor to reunite children with their families, and stop deportations of those arriving at the border, pending fair review of requests for asylum;

>>>>> moratorium on drilling and other exploitation of public lands;  

>>>>> rejoining of Paris Climate accords;

>>>>> rejoining of the World Health Organization and favorable inclination toward scientific findings thereof;

>>>>>  two-month extension of the period for signing up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act

And in addition to these executive orders, Biden has

>>>>> proposed legislation for a $15 minimum wage;

>>>>> appointed top-talent Rochelle Wallensky to head the Center for Disease Control;

>>>>> called Putin out for imprisonment of Navalny;

>>>>> deftly left in place Trump sanctions on China while remonstrating against treatment of the Uighers and signaling welcome to those fleeing from Hong Kong;

>>>>> reengaged with the Palestinians, giving quick indication of a more balanced Middle East/West Asia policy;  

>>>>> remained firm on the reconciliation option for the $1.9 billion Covid-19 relief package;

>>>>> signaled movement toward rejoining the Iran nuclear deal;

>>>>> made in every case well-considered appointments to Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions, with numerous women, African Americans, Hispanics, and others in the non-white men category.

Among these are Gina Raimondo (Commerce), Lloyd Austin (Defense), Miguel Cardona (Education [not an entirely favorable appointment, but I could go on and on]), Jennifer Granhold (Energy), Zavier Becerra (Health and Human Services), Alejandro Mayorkas (Homeland Security), Marcia Fudge (Housing and Urban Development), Deb Haaland (Interior), Janet Yelen (Treasury [go to YouTube for the R&B/hip-hop Dessa tribute, “Who’s Yellen Now?,” if you haven’t heard this musical and lyrical gem]), Michael Regan (Environmental Protection Agency) and Avril Haines (Intelligence).

And among the two white men there are those who represent either a visionary thrust or a comeuppance for past Republican shenanigans:  Pete Buttigieg (Transportation) and Merrick Garland (Attorney General [take that, Mitch McConnell).

The above represent the most vigorous beginning to a presidential administration since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Hundred Days.

And yet the students of the Minneapolis Public Schools know little to nothing about these momentous policy developments.

Instruction in history, government, economics, and geography is an abomination at the Minneapolis Public Schools, among the many conditions that must be addressed via the overhaul of curriculum for knowledge-intensity and the training of teachers capable of imparting such a curriculum.