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the theme is paired with: #20B
Authoritarian Follower to make Choice
#29 in the Choices We Make cards |
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this theme as presented in
older version of theme
structure: version 2.0 &
3.0 is this theme new to version 4?--NO
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click to look at the Project Worldview Cultural
Literacy Encyclopedia Related Words,
Beliefs, Background articles for the above choice |
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Project Worldview authored discussion,
Worldview Watch related issues, songs, etc.
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Discussion from The Worldview
Literacy Book
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Songs
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Worldview Watch #78, posted 12/11/2024 Trump's Victory:
The Triumph of Cynicism?
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Worldview Watch #74, posted 10/31/2023
Groupthink, Democracy, and
the new House Speaker's Worldview
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Worldview Watch #72, posted 12/15/2022 Democracy, Citizen Assemblies, and the
US Supreme Court
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Worldview Watch
#71, posted 7/10/2022 July 4th in America,
Freedom, and Offering the Supreme Court Help
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Worldview Watch issue #69, posted 10/14/2021 Suggestibility,
Alien Abductions, and
Democracy
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Worldview Watch issue
#67 posted 5 /5/ 2021 Big Lies Can Have Big
Consequences
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Worldview Watch #62, posted 12/19/2019 The
Sad State of American Democracy
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Worldview Watch
#54 Russian
and Greedy Individual Threats to American Democracy
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#53 America: Toward a More Perfect Union
or Winner Takes All?
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Worldview Watch issue #49, posted 7/8/2016:
Venting Frustration at the Slow Pace
of Change—with Guns, with Votes |
| Worldview
Watch issue #48, posted 3/04/2016 How what Trump is saying
resonates with the worldview of those who vote for him |
Worldview Watch issue #45, posted 7/29/2015
Confucius, Singapore, China, and
Political Meritocracy |
| Worldview
Watch issue #40, Scotland, the UK and Independence
Referendums |
Worldview Watch issue #33:
Violence,
Women, and Illiberal Democracy
in Egypt |
| Worldview
Watch issue #32: Authoritarianism vs. Democracy in Turkey |
Worldview Watch issue #21: Yes to
Democracy,
No to Greed |
| Worldview Watch issue #16:
Democracy
and Revolution in Africa |
Worldview Watch issue #6:
Overcoming Political Gridlock |
| Worldview Watch issue #4: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism |
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Wikipedia articles related to this theme:
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Democracy
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Public Education
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Public
Interest
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| Education
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Philosophy
of Education
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Representative
Democracy |
| Lobbying |
critical
thinking
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Political
Representation |
| Democracy Index
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Inclusive
Democracy |
Participatory
Democracy |
| Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives
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citizenship
education |
character
education |
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worldview internal inconsistency related: Strongly valuing this
theme and any of the themes in the list below is a contradiction:
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| #4 Spreading Disinformation
/Tactical Deception |
#9A Religious
Fundamentalism |
#9B
Simply In God's Hands:
Apocalypticism |
#11A Fatalism
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| #15 The Group
Think Imperative |
#20A Elitism
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#36A Cynicism |
#36B Conspiracies |
| #101B Mind Narrowly
Focused
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #31: Education
for Democracy |
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Democracy
Around the World--Citizens With a Voice (from America. gov website)
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Citizen
University ("We spread the belief that a strong democracy depends
on strong citizens")
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The
Democracy Collaborative ("a
research and development lab for the democratic economy")
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The
Next System
Project aimed at bold thinking and action to address the systemic
challenges the United States democracy faces
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Public School Shakedown
(Progressive magazine backed website launched in August 2013
dedicated to protecting USA public schools)
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Democracy
for Realists by Chris Achen and Larry Bartels
(discussion of this 2017 book by Princeton
professor and Vanderbilt professor)
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Bills,
Quills, and Stills: An Annotated, Illustrated,
and Illuminated History of the Bill of Rights by
Robert McWhirter (more on this 2015 book)
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Democracy's
Education edited by H. Boyte (more on this 2015 book)
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From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
(102 page 4th edition free online pdf of this May 2010 book)
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Making Democracy Work by Stephen Breyer
(Sept 2010 NY Times review of book by USA Supreme Court Justice)
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Ecoliterate:
How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological
Intelligence by D. Goleman, L. Bennett, Z. Barlow (more on this 2005
book)
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Rude
Democracy: Civility and Incivility in American Politics by Susan Herbst
(read excerpts at Google Books)
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from
Principles of Democracy: chapter 21 "Education and
Democracy" (2005 online book from US State Dept)
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An
American Imperative: Public Education (on The Center for Public
Education website)
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Groundwork--Democracy
Close to Home (stories of six communities across USA wrestling with
various issues)
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Democratic
Education, by Amy Gutmann (more about this 1999 book from Princeton
University Press)
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"Democracy
and the Evolution of Societal Intelligence" by Tom Atlee (essay
posted on the Co-Intelligence website)
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Comment:
Limiting access to civic education in US schools leads people to be less
well educated in basic principles (from The Guardian November 17 2024)
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Arizona's
public schools are poorly funded. Yet ESA parents have stockpiled $360
million in unused voucher funds by Laurie Roberts (from Arizona
Republic September 20 2024)
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Billions
in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
(report from The Washington Post June 3 2024)
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Educating
for Democracy by Anthony Conwright (article in Learning for Justice
issue #5 fall 2023)
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Tyranny
of the Minority--Why American Democracy Reached A Breaking Point by Steven
Levitsky and Daniel Zimblatt (book review from Kirkus Reviews
October 2023)
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The
Death of Public School by Cara Fitzpatrick (book review Kirkus
Books August 22 2023)
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"Journalism
Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded" by Patrick Walters
(on Scientific American website, posted August 4 2023)
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Why
we can't solve the climate crisis without schools — and teachers
by Sammy Roth (from LA Times Mar 2 2023)
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Voting
Laws--voter fraud made easier (supposed fixes make things worse
according to report from The Economist March 11 2023)
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A majority of GOP nominees — 299 in all — deny the 2020 election results by Amy Gardner (from
The Washington Post Oct 12 2022)
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"Free speech is essential for democracy. Could it also be democracy’s downfall?"
by Sean Iilling and Margaret Sullivan (from Vox July 31 2022)
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"America’s Self-Obsession Is Killing Its Democracy"
by Brian Klass (from The Atlantic July 21 2022)
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“Worried
about democracy? Pay attention to the states” by Albert Hunt
(opinion piece posted on The Hill March 27 2022)
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Our
future as humanity is in peril': UNESCO report says education should focus
on these 4 problems by Abigail J. Hess (CNBC Nov 11 2021 report)
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"Why
is so little known about the 1930s coup attempt against FDR?"
By Sally Denton (from January 11 2022
The Guardian)
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Walking
away: The Republican Party and democracy (cover story from The
Economist January 1 2022)
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"ABC’s
Jonathan Karl Issues Stark Warning About Covering Trump 2024" (from
Huff Post November 2021)
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"Ex-aide
to Bush issues dire warning about Trump" (interview w/ Michael
Gerson, re: US democracy at risk, on CNN October 13 2021)
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“Elections:
The Real Risk to America’s Democracy” (report from The
Economist July 3 2021)
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A
Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door (book review by Peter Greene for Forbes
Nov 28 2020)
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"Deliberative
Democracy / Citizen Assemblies" (article from The Economist
September 19 2020)
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The
Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum
(book about populism and democracy, review from The Economist
July 11 2020 )
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Report
on The Practice of Democratic Citizenship (American Academy of Arts
& Sciences Commission report released June 2020)
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Kill
Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections (HBO documentary
released March 2020 / watch on youtube)
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"Democracy
in Japan: Yawning in the Face of Danger"
(article in The Economist July 26 2019)
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“1
In 4 Americans Say Parents Should Get To Decide If Kids Are Vaccinated:
Poll” by
Nick Visser
(report from Huff Post
May 7 2019)
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| How
Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and
Daniel Ziblatt (book
review by Nick Cohen The Guardian
Jan 8 2018) |
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"Addicted
to Reform : A 12 Step Program to Rescue Public Education" by John
Merrow (report on this by John Thompson Oct 1 2017 Huffington Post)
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| "In
‘The Retreat of Western Liberalism’ How Democracy Is Defeating Itself"
by M. Kakutani (June 19 2017 NY Times book review) |
| “Hacking
Democracy: Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America” by Massimo
Calabresi (in Time May 29 2017)
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School
Reform (report with international perspective from The Economist
August 27 2016)
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Report
about African democracy (from The Economist August 20
2016)
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"Free Exchange:
Compulsory Voting" (article from The Economist May 28
2016)
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"The
$1-a-week School"
(article about for profit education in the developing world
from The Economist August 1, 2015
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"The
World is Going to University"
(leader article for special section
on higher education in The Economist March 28 2015)
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"Education and Religion: Falling
Away" (report on how education makes people less religious from The Economist Oct11 2014)
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"What's
Gone Wrong With Democracy" (cover story essay from The Economist March 1 2014)
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"Dollarocracy" by John Nichols and Robert McChesney
(article from The Nation Sep 30 2013 based on similarly titled
book)
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"Participatory Politics--Processing
Power" (article re feedback to politicians via the internet, The Economist
Mar 30 2013)
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The
Benefits of Character Education-- What I learned from teaching at a
"core virtues" school by Jessica Lahey (story in The
Atlantic May 6, 2013)
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"Noncognitive
Measures: The Academic Trend That Could Change Everything" (Feb
4 2013 post on Education Database Online blog)
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"Citizen Law Making:
Government by (all) the People" (from The Economist October
29 2011)
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"The
Failure of American Schools" by Joel Klein (in June 2011 issue of
The Atlantic)
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"Lessons from
California: The Perils of Extreme Democracy" (The Economist
Apr 20 2011 cover story)
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"Don't
Let Ignorant People Vote" by LZ Granderson (posted on CNN Opinion,
April 12, 2011)
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"World's
Top Democratic Governments," by Curtis Wong (Dec 14 2010 article
on The Huffington Post)
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"The
Best Laws Money Can Buy" by Steven Brill (cover story, Time
July 12 2010)
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"Democracy in
America Is a Useful Fiction" by Chris Hedges (Jan 2010 article
from NY Times correspondent) |
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"Crying for Freedom: Democracy's
Decline" (article in The Economist, January16-22 2010
issue) |
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"How
to Raise the Standard in American Schools,", by Walter Issacson (article
in Time April 27, 2009)
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"Logging
on to the Ivy League," by Andrea Ford (article in Time April
27, 2009)
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“The
public good: knowledge as the foundation for a democratic society” by
Don Michael Randel (
in Winter 2009 issue of Daedalus)
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"How
to Make Great Teachers," by Claudia Wallis (cover story, Time
February 25 2008)
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"How
to Fix No Child Left Behind," by C.Wallis and S. Steptoe (cover story, Time
June 4 2007)
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| Democracy
in the Workplace, by Traci Fenton (Aug 2006 article from CSM) |
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Education
Issues--Most popular Programs (dozens of UCTV programs on this topic)
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Khan Academy (offers over 2700
free videos on all topics, emphasis on math & science)
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Free
Online Courses and Education (Education Portal website)
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Affordable
Colleges Online (guides and information)
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Online College Classes
(website with links to free classes, textbooks, ebooks, etc. )
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Academic Earth ("thousands of
video lectures from the world's top scholars")
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The Concept of
Citizenship in Education for Democracy (from ERIC Digest) |
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Education for Democracy
(from the encyclopedia for informal education, good bibliography) |
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Education
for Democracy -- Statement of Principles (from Albert Shanker
Institute) |
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Citizenship
Education for Democracy in the 21st Century (1998 Canadian report) |
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Education,
Democracy, and the Public Good (ch. 4 of a book by Ed D'Angelo on
public libraries) |
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National Center for Science Education ("working to
keep evolution and climate science in public school science education") |
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Center for Deliberative Democracy (at
Stanford, "devoted to research about democracy and public
opinion" |
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The Forum for Education and
Democracy |
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Foundation for Education for
Democracy |
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Experience, Education,
and Democracy, by Ziniewicz |
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Education and Democracy
Homepage |
| ERIC --
Education Resources Information Center |
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US Dept. of Education Homepage |
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Guide to US Dept. of
Education Programs & Resources |
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National Education Association |
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Character
Education Partnership (goal: developing "people
of good character for a just and compassionate society") |
| draft
statement from UNESCO conference on Science Education |
| The League
of Women Voters |
| Public
Policy Institute of California ("informing and
improving public policy through independent nonpartisan research") |
| Links
on the Philosophy of Liberal Education |
| Democracy
and Education by John Dewey (the classic 1916 book, online) |
| Liberal
Education and American Schooling (1997 Ph.D. dissertation, by
Thomas McCambridge, UCLA) |
| Philosophy
of Education Society |
| Center for
Democracy and Technology ("working for democratic values in a
digital age) |
| Global
Educator (offers an extensive collection of peer reviewed articles for
global educators) |
| National
Science Teacher's Association (NSTA) (position statement on Science/ Technology
/ Society (STS) education) |
| The
Freedom From Religion Foundation (working to keep church and state
separate) |
| quotes
related to public schools |
| quotes
related to education |
| quotes
related to democracy |