The Ellis County Press: Government education

Government education
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Editor on 05/21/2008 21:07:00


The three branches of government are the executive, judicial and legislative and
it's important to educate our readers and our young people about those important
functions, as well as highlight the checks and balances each will play in
running our local, state and federal governments.
We're dispatching our news editor to DeSoto Private School Thursday, May 22 to
speak before Mrs. Ashford's social studies class.
With the presidential race being more important than ever, now is a good time to
educate our young people on the importance of not only voting (or at the
elementary school level, show them real life examples of voting), but our roles
of government. It's a privilege this newspaper is able to educate people on not
only dealings with city councils and school boards, but civics as a whole.
Talk about newspapers in education.
We're given hope that DPS would ask us to visit; with voter fatigue at record
levels and approval ratings for government officials at all-time lows, it's
comforting groups of young people would be open to learning about our important
branches of government.