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I am the Government Information Librarian at Northwestern State University in sunny Natchitoches LA. This blog will present information on a variety of topics mostly about librarianship with some other stuff thrown in for good measure.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

Schools Ordered to Observe "Constitution Day"

Does anyone else see the irony here?

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.

So, Congress can tell schools to teach about the document that says that Congress can't tell schools what to teach.

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