>NC creates new US history class focusing on ‘founding principles’
By Daniel Wiser | The Daily Tar Heel
Updated: 07/06/11 12:48pm
High school students across the state can look forward to spending more quality time with America’s Founding Fathers. In fact, they won’t be able to graduate without doing so.
A bill signed into law by Gov. Bev Perdue last week, known as “The Founding Principles Act,” requires local school boards to develop a semester course focused on the founding philosophy of the U.S. government by the 2014-2015 school year.
