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Linda McMahon: “The civics test was narrowed down to just under 200…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Secretary Linda McMahon on Teaching America's Story Before It's Forgotten

Published | Video Starts at 02:15

We had 8,000 students sign up online to take the impossible civics test. It was 90 minutes and it really was impossible. You couldn't take. It would take you three hours even if you knew all The civics test was narrowed down to just under 200 [students] that went to the five semifinalists for five regional semifinalists. semifinalists. And they were held at five different presidential libraries. We narrowed that to 20. Those 20 came to Washington. And then last week at the Kennedy center, we held the finals. (02:15–02:21)

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