High school students are much more likely than they were even two years ago to learn about the First Amendment in class, but their opinions about what it says and does present a mixed picture, a study says today.
"There's lots of discussion happening in schools, maybe discussions about should the government have the right to limit freedoms, if that means better protections" in combating terrorism, co-author Kenneth Dautrich says. "Just because there's more discussion doesn't mean there's more favorable attitudes toward freedoms in the First Amendment."
The Constitution was signed Sept. 17, 1787. Starting last year, all schools receiving federal money have to have an educational program pertaining to it on Constitution Day, which this year is today because Sept. 17 fell on a Sunday.
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said @ Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 1:30pm
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