Maybe, with all the focus on exposing students to hot-button cultural issues, there’s just no room in the modern American classroom for lessons on Flag Day — Tuesday’s annual national celebration of the Stars and Stripes.
A new study from the homework learning platform Brainly says more than 30% of kids don’t know the American flag has 50 stars representing the nation’s 50 states.
The survey released ahead of the annual holiday — which recalls the day in 1777 when the United States approved the design for its first national flag — also finds that 53.2% of middle and high school students do not discuss Flag Day in their schools.