Jordan, Ph.D., a scientist and volunteer for CFI. Long taught as required reading in American schools, critics have consistently held it up alongside Moby Dick, Huck Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird as perhaps the quintessential Great American Novel. J.D., Ph.D., Vice President and General Counsel for CFI and Stuart D. The Great Gatsby is a novel that needs no introduction for a certain generation of American readers. The textbook critique was researched and written by: Derek Araujo, J.D., the Executive Director of CFI’s New York office Ronald A.
CFI maintains that it it is very important for civics students to obtain accurate information about these matters, and that instructional material should be objective and free of ideological bias. Texas the alleged influence of the religious concept of “original sin” on the structure of the Constitution the meaning of the Establishment Clause and the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a case (what lawyers refer to as the denial of a writ of certiorari). The only way ESSA got where it has today is because of online communication.
CFI has analyzed the textbook, American Government Institutions and Policies (10th edition), and prepared a critique that sets forth recommended changes to the textbook.ĬFI’s critique focuses on six areas: the science of global warming the legality of school prayer the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Citizenship education (the British equivalent of civics) was introduced.
The Center for Inquiry recently learned that a civics textbook used in many secondary schools around the country contains inaccurate and misleading statements, in particular in its analysis of certain constitutional law issues, including school prayer, and global warming.