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Veteran calls for social-studies focus on civic virtue amid new 'patriotic education' executive order
Summary
James Hanford, a Derby resident and more than 20-year military veteran, told the board he supports teaching civic virtue and critical thinking in social studies and sought an update on the district’s social-studies curriculum in light of a new executive order on "patriotic education."
At the Feb. 10 public-comment period, James Hanford of 8320 S. The Greenwich Road addressed the Derby Board of Education about social-studies curriculum and a newly referenced executive order that he said encourages a form of “patriotic education.”
Hanford, who identified himself as having more than 20…
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