Found via Fark. What can your library do to help this Sept 17?
Schools ordered to observe ‘Constitution Day’ - Education - MSNBC.com: "The Constitution long has ensured that Congress can’t tell schools what to teach. But that’s no longer the case for at least one topic — the Constitution itself.
The Education Department outlined Tuesday how it plans to enforce a little-known provision that Congress passed in 2004: Every school and college that receives federal money must teach about the Constitution on Sept. 17, the day the document was adopted in 1787.
Schools can determine what kind of educational program they want, but they must hold one every year on the now-named “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.” And if Sept. 17 falls on a weekend or holiday, schools must schedule a program immediately before or after that date."
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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My community college library will probably do something to highlight the 10th Amendment. The 10th Amendment is the one regarded as giving control of educational issues to the states. We might go so far as to not do anything that day at all, but maybe do something the day after as a protest. The school community in general, will probably ignore the directive.
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