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| Civics Bill Widely Supported by NWPE Members |
| posted by: Cindy Omlin | February 18, 2015, 08:12 PM |
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Senator Jim Patrick from Twin Falls, Idaho, has introduced a bill to deal with an important issue for Idaho's education system, namely, increasing the knowledge and engagement of Idaho’s young voters-to-be. According to Sam Stone, political director for the Civics Education Initiative, about 92 percent of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship pass the American citizenship test on their first try, but studies in Arizona and Oklahoma have found that less than 5 percent of high school students passed the test.
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... written by Miron Boland Boise, February 20, 2015
A test of civics knowledge? Seriously? How about providing evidence that taking a test has any chance of increasing civics knowledge or civic participation? Why not require a class? That would denote a serious intent. Here's an idea for NWPE. Research the origin of this bill. Find out who benefits from adding a test? What evidence is there to support a test? Show non members why NWPE should be taken seriously.
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