America keeps sliding on the freedom and democracy scale, students must learn why
The State Board of Education is sure to include a healthy dose of patriotism in the social studies curriculum standards it is revising this spring for Texas public schools. The board also should include a high school level course in how and why our democracy and freedom, after 250 years, are alarmingly eroding. According to a new report, Czechia, Croatia, Argentina, Estonia, Romania and Lithuania are among many countries scoring higher on the freedom scale than the U.S.
