The numbers are staggering. In a recent report called the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 18% of high schoolers were said to be rated proficient in history. Of the 75 colleges and universities recently ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine, only 23 required history majors to successfully complete a course in U.S. history. The numbers from other surveys do not improve upon these measures. 20% of college students do not know the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation …