U.S. education quality questioned following mixed marks on test

Friday, May 10, 2002

WASHINGTON -- High school seniors have a poor grasp of U.S. history, with less than half able to identify or explain the Monroe Doctrine, Nat Turner's rebellion or the Bay of Pigs invasion.

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