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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not sure everyone would agree on which things are “the right things” to teach.

For myself, I agree some basic financial literacy, the ability to read/write, and the ability to do basic math are essential.  I also would like to see a better job of teaching the US Constitution and how the American federated government divides up roles & responsibilities, not only among the 3 branches of government but also between a given state and the federal government.

I doubt it will happen though.
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Have you seen the 8th grade civics curriculum (at least in VA)? Kids learn quite a bit about distinctions between federal, state, local structures.  Also, in 7th grade social studies/history my kid read the various constitutional amendments along with news articles from the time period of the discourse why they were passed--who was arguing for what and why etc.  It's a strength of the curriculum I think (this is in FCPS--and I've had kids go through it over the past 6 years and it's been consistently strong).[/quote]

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