State School Superintendent Richard Woods, a former history teacher, pledges that every fourth grader in Georgia will receive a pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution, which also includes the preamble to the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance. “I was pretty excited because I had never read the Constitution before,” said a student who received one at Midway Elementary School in Forsyth County. Woods believes that schools focused on tests may have been rushing through basic civics: “Talking about what it means to be an American, the greatness of our history, perhaps got pushed aside.” The superintendent’s project has our state’s public elementary schools RISING…
Congressmen dodge antisemitism vote
This week the U.S. House passed a resolution condemning antisemitism in the U.S., which has seen an uptick as tensions have risen after war broke out between Israel and Hamas. The final tally was 311 in favor, 14 opposed, and 92 voting ‘present,’ including Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson of Lithonia, Lucy McBath of Marietta and Nikema Williams of Atlanta. Democrats in opposition (or sitting out the vote) said voicing support for the Jewish people was just an attempt to be divisive. Those reps. in opposition of antisemitism are SINKING…
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