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1. Sandra Day O'Connor and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are working on it

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 12:40 AM

Nov 2012

Sandra Day O'Connor promotes civics education
Retired U.S. Supreme Court justice helped initiate an online program called iCivics because not enough Americans know how government works.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/27/local/la-me-civics-20111227

How to Reboot Civics Education
Too many Americans are ignorant about their democracy. Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on O’Connor’s new online program to change that, iCivics.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/01/icivics-sandra-day-o-connor-and-arne-duncan-on-civics-education-online.html

Information regarding iCivics, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICivics

Program website here: http://www.icivics.org/

AND also something else good below

House Passes Alan Grayson's Resolution Encouraging High School Students to Learn the Constitution

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I sent a letter to the president today. [View all] reusrename Nov 2012 OP

Thank you so much for the links. reusrename Nov 2012 #2