Oklahoma High School Students Couldn't Pass Citizenship Test

Seventy-five percent of Oklahoma high school students don't know that George Washington was the first president of the United States. A whopping 97% would fail the basics civics exam required of people to become naturalized American citizens.

I'll wager, however, that a big majority know that Adam and Eve were the first Americans, that the Earth is 6,000 years old, and that God wrote the Bible in English. So, it's not all bad.

Oklahoma Education News

• Proposal to force Tulsa Zoo to teach creationism
• Republican state party platform requires schools to teach creationism
• Students cannot be flunked if their ignorance of science is religion-based (state law)
• Hate in the Bible Belt
• Leading Science Foundation
• Board of Education Chairman Christian fundamentalist activist (okay, technically this is Baja Oklahoma, aka Texas)