Article #2
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 States 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..
Perpend
>>>>>
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.
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