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The Purpose of Education
The
Purpose of Education by Stanley Jebb
"What is education
for? Surely it is to prepare children for life..."
Education vs. Training
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Education, ... is concerned with the development of the mind, of the
intellect, ... its main purpose is the enhancement of an individual's
ability to use his mind for his own personal pleasure or gain..."
The
Religious Nature of Education
by David Sant
"Most [people] think of education as a value-neutral arena in which
children are taught the knowledge and skills they need to function as
adults in society. [But] we must realize that education is
inherently religious. What is education, if not teaching children
about the way the world works?..."
Health Versus Education
(15 November 2009)
"[W]hile we all have a good picture of what it is to be healthy,
we don’t seem to share the same kind of insight into what it means to be
educated. ... People have to ask themselves what education is for, in a
way they would never ask what health is for. People speculate that
education is for the sake of the economy; for social cohesion; for
personal fulfilment; for gaining qualifications; for training
revolutionaries, or for the preservation of tradition. As in so many
other areas where the aims are less clear than medicine: 'some men are
aiming at cures which other men would regard as worse maladies; are
offering ultimate conditions as states of health which others would
uncompromisingly call states of disease.' Chesterton (1910)..."
Do
State/Public Schools Educate?
The Exhausted School
by John Taylor Gatto
"Keep in mind as I speak that I spent 26 years in public [state]
school classrooms. My perspective is that of an insider, not an
outsider..."
The Problem of Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto
"Experts have consistently misdiagnosed and misdefined the
problem of schooling..."
Public [State] Education The Point of No Return:
Are We There? by Dr. Samuel
L. Blumenfeld
"In April 1983 the National Commission on Excellence in Education issued
its now historic report, A Nation at Risk, in which it said: 'The
educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a
rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and
as a people.' Then it added a comment which must have raised a lot of
eyebrows:..."
The Charade of Education Reform
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"When we saw President George Bush and Sen. Ted Kennedy on
television billing and cooing over the new education bill, fittingly
called 'No Child Left Behind', we knew that the reform is as phony as
all the previous reforms that were supposed to leave no child behind..."
Goals 2000: Another Fed Fiasco
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Back in February 1990, when President Bush proposed his Goals 2000
initiative in his State of the Union address, I expressed my usual
skepticism over any government program that promises to 'solve' our
education problem with catchy slogans..."
The Psychopathic School: The Failure of Modern
Education by John Taylor
Gatto
"We live in a time of great school crisis linked to an even
greater social crisis. ... We seem to have lost our identity. Children
and old people are penned up and locked away from the business of the
world to a degree without precedent; ... and without children and old
people mixing in daily life a community has no future and no past, only
a continuous present. ... School is a major actor in this tragedy..."
Confederacy of Dunces: The Tyranny of Compulsory
Schooling by John Taylor
Gatto
"Old-fashioned dumbness used to be simple ignorance: you didn't
know know something, but there were ways to find out if you wanted to.
... Now dumb people aren't just ignorant; they're the victims of the
non-thought of second-hand ideas..."
Mudshill Theory, the Lancaster Amish, and Jaime
Escalante by John Taylor
Gatto
"The current system of government factory schooling is based on a
belief that ordinary children cannot accomplish much, will not work hard
unless coerced, tricked, or bribed, and will inevitably work for the
balance of their post-school lives - if they work at all - in large
government, corporate, or institutional employment pyramids managed by a
professional elite..."
The
Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
by Charlotte Thomson
Iserbyt
"In 1971 when I returned to the United States after living in the
West Indies for three years, I was shocked to find public education had
become a warm, fuzzy, soft, mushy, touchy-feely experience, where its
purpose had become socialization, not learning..."
When Teachers Become Psychotherapists
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Most parents of public school children are unaware that teachers
... are now practicing psychotherapy in the classroom without a license.
Not only do they not have a license, but they haven't even had adequate
training. In fact, many teachers don't even know that they are
practicing psychotherapy. They think that what they are doing has
something to do with education..."
Three Rules for This Evening's Class
by Victor Gonzales
"Good evening. ... Tonight we hope to teach you something about
school... and something about education..."
Ten
Good Reasons to Keep Your Child in Public [State] Schools
by Joel Turtel
"Here are ten reasons why parents should keep their kids in public
[state] schools... Public
Schools - Public Prisons by
Joel Turtel
"Why have we put our children into education prisons called public
[state] schools? What crimes have they committed? ... Do I
exaggerate by calling these schools 'prisons'? Well, let's compare
prisons and public schools..."
Schooling: The Hidden Agenda
by Daniel Quinn
"The need for schooling is bolstered by two-well entrenched
pieces of cultural mythology. The first and most pernicious of these is
that children will not learn unless they're compelled to - in school.
... Of course, anyone who has had a child knows what an absurd lie this
is..."
Public [State] Schools Aren't for Christians
by Richard Wheeler
"This book deals with a delicate subject - the dangers of
government education in America. Below is a list of subjects that are
addressed from a Biblical perspective. If you use even one of the six
reasons as justification for placing your children in a public school,
this book is a 'must' reading..."
Is Education Improving? If Not, Why Not?
by Irina Tyk
"Education is said to
have improved in the last few years. Good schools continue to do good
work and failing schools are being turned around. There is an accepted
view that the world of education is moving forward positively, parental
concerns continue to be voiced and heeded. The general perception is
that educational matters are on the up! I would like to suggest that
this is not the case..."
Government Schools Hoodwink Christian Parents
(14 October 2010)
"The movie Waiting for Superman
is causing a stir. Socialist union supporters are accusing it of 'scapegoating
teachers and union-busting', and teachers are protesting outside movie
theaters around the country. NEA President Dennis Van Roekel has said
that 'the film demonizes public education, teachers unions and,
unfortunately, teachers.' By bringing national attention to the plight
of parents whose kids are stuck in poor performing schools, Superman
is certainly agitating educators. There's another movie coming soon,
however, that tells the true story about why public schools
are so dangerous to our kids. IndoctriNation, produced by
filmmaker and father of seven Colin Gunn, tells the story of the Gunn
family's bus tour across America on a quest to discover the origins of
our modern educational system.
What they discover 'is a masterful
design.'...
The New Education
General Articles Brave
New Schools: Introduction - Before You Begin by
Berit Kjos
"Remember
the frog that landed in a pan of water and stayed until it boiled? Had the pan been hot, the frog would have noticed and hopped out.
But the water felt cool at first, and the frog sensed no danger. It
simply relaxed and conformed to the gradual change. Subdued by the rising heat, it grew too sluggish to act. By the time the water boiled, the frog was
dead..."
Outcome-Based Education:
Behavioral Psychology in the Classroom
by Gene Zimmer
"Do you want your first grader to be taught arithmetic by using a
calculator, or to guess at words rather than read? Do you want him to do
his very best and then be given another child's grade? Do you want
educators to change the beliefs and behaviors you have taught your
child? Do you want homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality to be
taught as normal and acceptable?..." Education
Reform for the New World Order by
Al Dager
"The traditional classroom where
the teacher dispensed information to students who were expected to learn
certain facts and truths is being done away. In its place is a
new,
unstructured 'teaching environment' in which the teacher will no longer
teach, but 'facilitate' the learning process..." Education
and the New World Order by
Erica Carle
"An organization called the National Council for the Social
Studies (NCSS) which is an offshoot of the National Education
Association and a promoter of the New World Order, has claimed power to
determine what students should learn and should not learn in history,
geography, government, economics, religion, psychology, etc..."
Public Education or Pagan Indoctrination? A Report
on New Age Influence in the Schools
by Craig Branch
"'What did you learn in school today?' used to be a fairly benign
question to ask one's children, but this is no longer the case.
Thousands of parents ... are awakening to the startling reality that
there is something terribly wrong infecting public education. What these
parents are beginning to understand is that the New Age movement has
made significant inroads into the educational establishment and has
infused many curricula and programs with its practices and ideology..." Education
or Indoctrination? by L.
Michael
"Imagine a country where the curriculum taught in preschool
through college is designed by humanists and based on occultism. ... A
place where the school system ... is designed to directly undermine
parents' authority and destroy the natural child-parent
relationship..."
The Hypocrisy of Intolerant 'Tolerance'
by Jonathan Sarfati
"Imagine that you are a 13-year-old student in a state high
school and your class is given an assignment that conflicts with your
religious beliefs. What if you were told that by not completing the
assignment you would fail the class? ... Would the state education
system protect your rights against religious discrimination?..."
Erring on the Side of Censorship
by Lita Cosner
"Becoming a valedictorian is hard work, and a student making the
valedictorian's address has every reason to be thrilled with this
accomplishment. It is common in this address for the speaker to credit
those who have helped the student reach that podium. ... But when
Brittany McComb tried to thank the Person most important to her success
... the school cut off her microphone..."
The Fraud of Education Reform
by
Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"There was a time when the NEA openly admitted that its goal was
world government. In a 1946 NEA Journal editorial ... the editor wrote,
'In the struggle to establish an adequate world government, the teacher
has many parts to play..."
Humanism and Public Education
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"In the January/February 1983 issue of The Humanist
magazine, a young scholar by the name of John J. Dunphy expressed the
aim of humanists in education with these very blunt words: 'I am
convinced that the battle for humankind's future must be waged and won
in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their
role as proselytizers of a new faith'..."
Reviving the 'Science' of 'Re-education'
by Berit Kjos
"While Stalin was implementing his 'scientific' brainwashing scheme in
the Soviet Union, the free West (especially England, Canada and the USA)
generally ignored it. No moral outcry was heard when millions of
Russians were slaughtered or herded to labor camps. Why?..."
Columbine High and New Age Philosophy
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"One of the reasons why the educrats ... focused on guns as the
chief cause of the Littleton massacre is because Columbine High School
was supposed to be the kind of progressive school where such things
could never happen..." Glossary
of Education Terms
by Berit Kjos
"Most of these definitions come
from the glossary in Brave New Schools. Hopefully
this will help ... parents identify: (a) Educational terms that
sound nice but hide a contrary meaning, ... As time
permits, we plan to add more definitions..." Reinventing
the World: The Seamless System by
Berit Kjos
"Strange new labels have begun to define our schools, workplaces,
clinics and other institutions. We all hear them, but few understand
them: OBE, STW, TQM, CGM, PDC, HMO, Third Way... What do they really
mean? ... Who defines the terms and sets the standards?..." Reinventing
the World: The Mind-Changing Dialectic Process by
Berit Kjos
"The world's path to success is changing fast. In the new
21st-century institution - be it a school, church, corporation or
government - hard work and dedication won't suffice. Getting ahead in
the global community will mean compromise, conformity, group thinking
and submission to the ground rules of the consensus process..." Reinventing
the World: Managing the Masses Through Global Standards and Continual
Assessments by Berit Kjos
"We are told that globalization calls for accountability and
that accountability demands uniform, universal standards. That sounds
reasonable, doesn't it? But what about standardized people? Or
standardized beliefs and values?..."
Moulding Human Resources for the Global Workforce
by Berit Kjos
"Do you wonder who really plans your child's education? What
their true motives are? ... You will find some revealing answers at
UNESCO's website on Worldwide Action in Education..."
Brainwashing in America:
Why Few Dare Call It Conspiracy
by Berit Kjos
"Brainwashing is not, as some anti-Christian educators and
students contend, the Biblical process of training our children to love
and follow God. The word 'brainwashing' refers to a planned,
step-by-step attempt to 'wash' family-taught beliefs from the minds of
those who oppose government ideology..." Mind
Control: How to Resist Three UNESCO Strategies for Training Children to
Reject Truth...
by Berit Kjos
"'You're going to consult an oracle. It will tell you that you're
going to kill your best friend. This is destined to happened and there
is absolutely no way out...'. Emotional shock therapy has become
standard fare in public [state] schools from coast to coast. It produces
cognitive dissonance - mental and moral confusion..."
Using Children to Spy on Families: Changing Values
and Monitoring Minds in the Guise of 'Prevention'
by Berit Kjos
"Theater and role-playing are powerful tools for social change.
... T.A.L.K. Theater fits right in. 'It's psychological examination on
the students without parental consent'..."
All
Men Are Good by Nature by
David Norris
A "line of thinking that has influenced modern
education" ... is that of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), known
as 'Romanticism'. Rousseau believed "that everything was good as it
came from the hand of God and Nature, but all things deteriorate in the
hands of men. ... In 1762, Rousseau published Emile, a classic
guide to education according to nature..."
Teen Rage and Deadly Delights (Part One)
by Berit Kjos
"Social changes that drive teens to irrational rage..."
Teen Rage and Deadly Delights (Part Two)
by Berit Kjos
"Using violence to justify snooping, snitching and statist control..."
Public Schools: Manufacturing Center for Mindless,
Immoral Slaves by Rob Ronning
"The world system being placed into operation realizes that the family
is the backbone of resistance to their plans, and that children are the
key to the final implementation of their designs. A battle is raging on
many fronts for the minds and futures of our children, and the public
school system is one of the main battlefields..."
Totalitarianism and Education
by Sven Sellanraa
"Between the ages of 16
and 19, virtually all Norwegians attend upper secondary school ... Most
opt for public schools over private ones, and a goodly chunk of that
group chooses a course plan whose emphasis is on history, social
science, and the humanities. As our educators admit, though, Norwegian
students would be remiss to expect to actually learn anything about
those subjects. This is not an accident caused by the quality of the
school system, ... it is a consequence of design. The bureaucrats and
intellectuals who create the curriculum for Norway's State schools, most
of whom attended university during the 1960s and 1970s and partook of
that era's student radicalism, agree that the goal of education is not
the transmission of knowledge, but the propagation of
soixante-huitardisme, relativism, and a bellyfeel hatred of white
Europeans..."
Indoctrinating Our Toddlers
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Public,
state-provided education is relatively recent, not even 200 years old.
Prior to state education, parents were the primary educators of their
children. In addition to teaching children the basics, they could also
pass on deeply-held values and beliefs. But with most children in the
West today spending a large part of their early years in state schools,
the values and ideologies of the state, not the parents, become
dominant. And those with values which are hostile to that of most
parents are quite happy to exploit this to the maximum. Indeed, this has
been a deliberate policy..."
Censorship and the Secular Left
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Liberal
or leftist secularism is the reigning ideology amongst our Western
intelligentsia and elites. It certainly has a stranglehold on our
educational system. It can be very difficult to get in alternative
points of view. Most attempts to penetrate this ideological hegemony are
usually met with stiff opposition, animosity, and censorship..."
Students, Red Pens, and the State of a Nation
by Bill Muehlenberg
"By now most of you
would have heard of another example of madness in our public
(taxpayer-funded) schools. An education kit in Queensland is encouraging
teachers to throw out their red marking pens because using them might
give little Johnny or Sarah a bad self-image. Here is how one news
report puts it:.."
Time to De-Radicalise Our Schools
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Federal
Education Minister Julie Bishop caused quite a stir last week when she
made a two-part suggestion about our education system. One, she proposed
a standardised national curriculum, and two, she argued that the
hegemony of left-wing ideology over our school system needs to be
broken. Her second proposal especially drew the ire from all the usual
suspects. Education unions, officials and bureaucrats were quick to
attack Bishop, and defend their turf. They of course denied any leftist
slant to teaching, and claimed she was simply being provocative..."
A Review of Why Our Schools are Failing by
Kevin Donnelly by Bill
Muehlenberg
"Earlier this year the Howard Government came under attack for
suggesting that many parents are concerned about the state of our
schools. ... Indeed, leftist bias, mediocrity, a downwards leveling,
discipline problems, lowered academic standards, political correctness,
and the push for values that many parents are uncomfortable with, have
all led to a mass exodus from public education. The facts bear this
out..."
A Review of Child Abuse in the Classroom
edited by Phyllis Schlafly by
Bill Muehlenberg
"Several years ago when my then 5-year-old was attending first
grade at a local state school, he came home with a document called a
'Social Justice Policy'. I was supposed to read it and pass on any
comments. Most parents probably would not have read it. I did, and I was
upset by what I read. The document was basically a feminist tract which
proposed a number of measures to make every aspect of the school more
'gender inclusive'. ... I knew that attempts to enforce political
correctness and to engage in social engineering were rife in colleges,
but I was not prepared for seeing my 5-year-old being used as a tool in
this madness. This was to be my first exposure to an educational system
that has long ago abandoned simply teaching knowledge and skills, but
instead acts as a change agent to redirect our children’s values and
beliefs..."
The Traditional and Progressive Philosophies of
Education (June 1999)
"It is impossible to
understand what is happening in our education system without first
having some knowledge of the two conflicting philosophies which affect
policy. These are usually described as the traditional and progressive
philosophies. ... Major tenets of the traditional philosophy are listed
below with the progressive equivalents alongside. Key words are in
italics:.."
Pre- and Primary
Schooling / Literacy / English / Dyslexia
The New Illiteracy
by Charles J. Sykes
"Joan Wittig and Beverly Jankowski are not experts. They just didn't
understand why their children weren't learning to write, spell, or read
very well. They didn't understand why their children kept coming home
with sloppy papers filled with spelling mistakes and bad grammar and why
teachers never corrected them or demanded better work..."
How Public [State] Schools are Destroying the
American [British] Brain by
Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Have you ever corrected a teenager on a bit of factual
information, or a misspelling, or an incorrect usage of the language,
and gotten the response, 'Whatever'? ... Where does this casual, numb
response come from?..."
Why Children Fail
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"It is said that only about 20% of all Americans can be
considered truly literate, in the sense that they can deal with the
written word at any level..."
A
Child's Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste by
Joel Turtel
"About two years ago, I became a volunteer reading instructor in a
local public [state] school. I wanted to teach kids to read for a few
reasons..."
How to Dumb Down a Nation
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Easy. Destroy its literacy. ... And once dumbed down, it becomes
the potential victim of any power that wants to dominate it..." Whole
language: Deconstruction in the Primary School
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"The ultimate goal of the whole
language movement—described by its promoters as “nothing short of a
grass-roots revolution in education”—is the replacement of our
biblically based Christian civilization by a world pagan, socialist
system. This may sound like an extreme statement..."
Defining Whole Language
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"The other day, I received an e-mail from a lady in California
who asked, 'What on earth is the whole-language system?' ...
Fortunately, the answer is easy to give, because whole-language
professors have been quite open in defining what they mean by their
pedagogic philosophy. So I shall quote some salient passages from their
writings..."
Look-See Reading Method vs. Phonics: How Psychologists Have Destroyed
Reading Ability by Gene Zimmer
"Given its importance, it is not surprising that the dispute over the
teaching of reading is the site of some of the most intense and
emotional battles in the school wars..."
Dyslexia: The Man-Made Disease
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"For years I have been telling parents and educators that the
kind of reading difficulties afflicting perfectly normal children in our
schools today are being caused by the teaching methods and not by any
defect in the children themselves..."
The Season for Dyslexia
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"What most parents don't realize is that the reason why their
child is having a problem learning to read is because of the way he or
she is being taught..."
Newsweek and Dyslexia
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"In the sight approach, children ... are taught to look at each
word as a whole configuration, ... This sort of practice produces the
symptoms of dyslexia: reading words backwards, reversing letters when
writing, gross misspellings, word guessing, ... etc. The reason why
dyslexia is so hard to cure is because the child has acquired a holistic
reflex..."
Our Lobotomized Children
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Some months ago, a father brought his 15-year-old, ninth-grade
son to me to be tested. This very intelligent boy had a reading problem
which was preventing him from advancing in his education. ... This
youngster was no different from so many others I have worked with over
the last 30 years. He was a typical sight-reader..."
Language
as a Battlefield by David
Norris
"[I]f the way in which we use language can be undermined, so
can the authoritarian belief-systems which determine it and society can
be changed. ... Language generally and grammar in particular reflect
precisely the way we look at things. ... Those able to influence the way
language is used will also direct the way in which the users of that
language think. ... Educationalists, ... have dictated the methods by
which children are taught to read and use the English language..."
Friedrich Froebel's Kindergartens
by John Taylor Gatto
"Since in Froebel's scheme the sacred scientific undertaking of
state schooling suffered from the 'state of raw material brought to it'
his plan was to gently remove or weaken the influence of parents,
transferring it to 'gardeners of children' ... That Froebel's purpose
has been substantially achieved in the West is the curse of our time and
lies at the heart of the problem of modern schooling..."
Grammar is Back - and Spelling will also Score
Marks Under Exams Shake-up
(19 November 2010)
"A-levels and GCSEs are to be toughened up with fewer but harder
exams and a crackdown on poor grammar and spelling under sweeping
reforms being unveiled next week..."
All-Day Kindergarten: An Early Start to
Educational Brainwashing (23
August 2010)
"This fall children as young as three- and- a-half years old will attend
all-day Kindergarten in 600 schools across the province. Many think this
is a great idea. How can anybody question an early start to schooling
and learning? Some educators believe, including parents, that the
earlier we begin schooling the better..."
Psychologist Warns of 'Educational Television'
Myth (12 February 2008)
"[F]or Dr. Aric Sigman, ... the author of 'Remotely Controlled: How
Television is Damaging Our Lives', the battle against what he calls the
'recreational junk food' of TV is one well worth fighting. ... 'There is
a definite inverse relationship between time spent watching any kind of
television or screen when you are young and your ability to read and
concentrate when you are older'..."
The Teaching of English
(June 2004)
"If a driving test examiner awarded passes to learner drivers on the
basis of the interesting places they took him to instead of on their
driving technique, our roads would very soon become impossibly
dangerous. But language use is a learnt skill just as much as driving a
car, and every year teachers award high grades to students who can
tailor their style and tone to their audience but are unable to form a
coherent, grammatical sentence..."
Lost for Wurds
(30 June 2002)
"The diagnosis, when it finally came, was a relief. My son wasn't
stupid; he just had a syndrome. He was dyspraxic. No one could tell us
exactly what dyspraxia was, nor how it differed from dyslexia or ADHD
(attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) or Asperger's or all the
other conditions with which children were then being fashionably
diagnosed. And when we looked into it, it appeared that which of these
conditions you had often depended on what kind of professional -
educational psychologist, physiotherapist, GP - made the diagnosis..."
Science and Just-So Stories
The Elephant in the Room by
Renton Maclachlan
"Usually, we teach what we think is
important, and don't teach things we consider unimportant. But what is
important and by what standard is this determined?...
Kid
Con: How Biology Texts Mislead High School Students
by Gordon Howard
"I have been a high school music
teacher for over 40 years and recently retired from full-time
teaching. Since then I have been casually employed as a supply and
short-contract teacher, and had the opportunity to see the text books
and lesson plans for a wide variety of school subjects..."
What Biology Textbooks Never Told You About
Evolution by Royal
Truman
"Why do many believe evolutionary theory is true? One is bombarded
constantly with claims that all scientists believe in evolution; that
science has demonstrated it; that evolution is based on empirical
science. Many might remember 'proofs' ... learned in school or from
popular science articles..."
Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About
Evolution by Jonathan Wells
They're Teaching Racism to Our Kids
by Tas Walker
"A school textbook used in Australia includes one of the classic icons
of evolution that NewScientist recently admitted is a racist
hangover from the Victorian era. Although this example is specific to
Australia, check the textbooks used in your country because the problem
is a global one..."
They Are Teaching Lies to Our Kids
by Tas Walker
"A friend recently showed me a copy of his teenage son's new science
text book. ... there's a whole unit on evolution. ... As I looked
through the unit I found it was full of out-dated information and
scientific errors. You could write a whole book refuting the stuff..."
Lying in the Name of Indoctrination
by Anika Smith
"Dogmatists committed to a dying paradigm will argue with
falsehoods to convince the public of their claims... especially when
they're targeting children..."
Who's Really Pushing 'Bad Science'?
by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
"It is vitally important that words should be used accurately and
consistently. Without this, any discussion is meaningless..."
Faith-Based Attacks on Religious Schools
by Lita Cosner
"'So what is a faith-based education and what happens if religion
collides with it?' This question was the subject of the May 27th
broadcast of Insight. ... Unsurprisingly, evolution surfaced
nearly immediately as the major point of conflict between secular and
religious education..."
Theory of Evolution: Fact or Fairy Tale?
by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
"Back in 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 1981 Louisiana law
which mandated a balanced treatment in teaching evolution and creation
in the public schools. ... The court adopted the atheist position that
creation is a religious myth..."
God the Educator (Integrating Evolutionary Theory
into Educational Practice) by
Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
"Telling children that they are animals, part of the animal kingdom, and
training them as animals has been the downfall of American education.
... We are producing barbaric children and young adults who do not know
how to use their minds because they no longer have them. ... For as long
as behavioral psychologists control the curriculum, including the
content and instruction methods of public education, the schools will
never be able to attain the intellectual competence they once were
capable of..."
'How Do I Do My Assignment About Evolution?'
by Tas Walker
"So ... [you] have received an assignment asking you to explain
some evolutionary concepts. ... All you need is to understand the
thinking of secular science, how to research the topic, and how to write
the assignment..."
So, You're Doing a Report on Creation vs.
Evolution...
(Creation Ministries International)
"Every school year, students wanting to do a paper on 'Creation vs.
Evolution' contact our ministry for our advice and insights..."
'Creation Evangelism' in the Public School
Classroom
(Creation Ministries International)
"Here is a fascinating email exchange
between a Christian family (daughter and father) and a science teacher
in a USA public [state] school. We think it will be enlightening about
the nature of the battle that undoubtedly plays itself out many times
each day in government-run schools in the Western world..."
A Faithful Man Takes on Faith-Based Teaching
(Creation Ministries International)
"Dear [...], I am the father of [...], and I
would like to respectfully express to you my concern over your approach
to teaching evolution in the classroom and materials used. ...I do not
have a problem with teaching evolution, as long as the scientific
problems are also discussed, but this does not appear to the case in
your classroom..."
Is Evolution Really Essential For Biology?
by Dr. Jonathan Sarfati
"The following email was received from university professor
Richard Meiss concerning the debate Clash Over Origins in which
CMI's Dr. Carl Wieland debated University of Georgia professor Mark
Farmer..."
Science Lessons Are All Talk and No Learning
(6 November 2010)
"Science in schools is under threat as teachers abandon rigorous lessons
in favour of classroom debates on social problems..."
Top Scientists Tell Scottish Pupils: the Bible is
True (16 October 2010)
"A new creationist group that preaches [sic] the 'scientific' [sic]
theory of intelligent design has set up in Glasgow with the stated aim
of promoting its beliefs to schools and colleges..."
Faith Schools
(19 August 2010)
"I made myself watch the Richard Dawkins' programme 'Faith
Schools Menace' last night and it was predictably biased and prejudiced
I thought. I find it ironic that the things he accuses 'religious'
people of are the very traits he exhibits himself..."
Downing Street Petition Demands Reversal of
Catastrophic Decline in School Science Exam Standards
(27 November 2008)
"Armed with the first hard evidence of a catastrophic slippage in school
science examinations standards, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has
launched a Downing Street e-petition calling for urgent intervention to
halt the slide..."
Environmental and Ecological
Studies
Terrorising Our Kids for Gaia
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Fear-mongering about the environment
is not new. And using our classrooms to terrorise our kids about
supposed environmental catastrophes is not new either. The people doing
the terrorising may have good intentions, but they often have hidden
agendas as well..."
Transformational Education and the Global Warming
Fantasy by Allen Quist
"In early 2007 the government of the United Kingdom sent copies of Al
Gore's global warming DVD, An Inconvenient Truth, to all
secondary schools in England, Wales, Scotland. This action was part of a
nationwide 'Sustainable Schools year of Action' which had been launched
in 2006..."
Saving the Earth
by Berit Kjos
"With today's emphasis on whole
education, thematic learning, and integrated curriculum, it's
difficult to know where environmental education begins and other studies
(math, reading, social studies...) end..."
Training Children to Thank a Goddess
by Berit Kjos
Recent United Nations Environmental Programme books for children
"are designed to arouse fear, anger and determination to fight for the
planet. But no genuine environmental problem can be solved without
factual understanding..."
Is Earth Our Mother?
by Berit Kjos
"During Earth Day 1990 celebrations,
children wrote poems to Our Mother, visualized her healing, used guided
imagery to connect with her spirits, and committed their lives to her
preservation..."
Geography
Education Wars by Bill
Muehlenberg
"As has been frequently documented,
our educational institutions have by and large been captured by the
ideological Left and the forces of political correctness. The three Rs
have for some time now been replaced by various left wing causes,
ideological propaganda, and a monotonous critique of the West. It is
hard to find any core department in our schools today that has not been
subverted by this radical agenda. The arts and humanities departments
have long ago succumbed to the assault troops of the secular left. But
even more mundane school subjects are not immune. Consider the area of
geography for example. When I was growing up that subject had to do with
naming rivers, identifying countries, recognising topography and the
like. But not today. Instead we have a radicalised and politicised
geography..."
Revisionism
(This subject has
replaced History which has, sadly, long been consigned to the
dustbin...)
History Wars
by Bill Muehlenberg
"It has always been a hallmark of the totalist state to control
education and to rewrite history. Those who can alter the past will be
able to manipulate the future. Sadly democratic states are not immune
from allowing education in general and history in particular to be
dominated by those pushing agendas. For decades now mass education in
the West has largely been in the hands of the secular left, and they
have been quite happy to push their own politically correct agendas in
all areas, including history..."
Homosexual History Lessons in Public [State]
Schools (15 December 2010)
"Schools
have long been accused of re-writing history in order to support current
culture. In this circumstance history would flagrantly be rewritten with
propaganda favoring pro-homosexual messages in the schools. To add GLBT
issues to the history of California and the United States further
dilutes objective truth in public schools and misinforms children about
the lifestyle..."
History 'Disappearing From Schools'
(10 September 2010)
"Many secondary schools are squeezing
existing three-year history courses into just two or merging the
subject with geography to form generic “humanities” lessons, it was
claimed. Some schools are also preventing children from taking
history GCSEs to steer them towards easier vocational
qualifications. The Historical Association, which made the
disclosure in a survey of 600 schools, warned that the move risked
seriously undermining children’s grasp of the past..."
History Under Threat: Pupils Receive Just 38 Hours
of Lessons at Secondary School (10 September 2010)
"History is 'disappearing' from state
secondary schools because head teachers no longer value the subject ...
schools downgrade the subject in favour of trendy 'themed' teaching..."
Finally, a Reminder That These Islands DO Have a
Proud History
(18 April 2010)
Can we have our history back?
You know, the story we all used to have by
heart, of how our liberties were founded by Magna Carta, of defeating
the Armada, of the Civil War, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution
and the Golden Age that followed, of victory abroad and peace and
prosperity at home?..."
So What Was Your Child Taught Today, Sympathy For
Mr. Hitler?
(2 March 2008)
"The amazing thing about Britain's
slow-motion national suicide is that so many seemingly sensible people
attack and damage their own homeland, without having a clue about what
they are doing..."
Multiculturalism's War on Education
(27 August 2007)
"Leaf
through a school textbook and you'll find that there is a definite
pattern behind multiculturalism's reshaping of the curriculum. What
multiculturalists seek is not the goal they advertise, but something
else entirely. Consider, for instance, the teaching of history..."
14-Year-Olds Studying Al
Qaeda Propaganda in Schools (4 February 2007)
"Pupils as young as 14 are being exposed to Al Qaeda propaganda in
history lessons, experts have claimed..."
Remember Lessons of the Past
(July 2004)
"Perhaps the first step backwards in the teaching of history occurred in
the late 1980s, when the statutory National Curriculum was introduced.
At that time, the educational establishment was determined that ‘boring’
knowledge of historical facts and dates should be replaced by so-called
skills of empathy, detecting bias and evaluating sources. Instead of
expecting youngsters to know the facts concerning the Battle of
Trafalgar, they would be asked to explain how one of Nelson’s sailors
might feel during the Battle..."
Social Science/Studies
Sociology Hates Christianity
by Erica Carle
"Theorists in the 'social sciences'
have a special way of looking at their fellow humans..."
MultiCultural/MultiFaith Studies and East Meets West
Secularization of Education
by Al Dager
"Because of the influx of
immigrants of various religious persuasions [to America, but also
the UK - Ed.], particularly since the turn of the last century, state governments, as well as the federal government, have deemed it
necessary to remove as many elements of Christianity from their
indoctrination programs as they can. This has been a gradual
process which began with education reform in the late 19th century..."
'Multicultural' Education
by Thomas Sowell
"Let us examine the multiculturalists' questions: (1) Why do we
study Western civilisation, to the neglect of other civilisations? (2)
Why are the traditional classics of Western civilisation written by dead
white males? (3) Don't we need multiculturalism to get people to
understand each other and get along with each other? (4) How are we to
be part of the global economy, or engage in all sorts of other
international activities, without being multicultural?..."
The Mystical Science of the Golden Compass
by Berit Kjos
"It's hard for children not to
conform these days! The new Golden Compass Curriculum
helps break down any resistance. Using the dialectic process to
encourage conformity,
it's designed to build group consensus and imbed the story's occult
themes into 'open' minds. Ponder these discussion topics:
'What sort of dæmons might your friends,
relatives, classmates, or coworkers have? Describe your own dæmon.'..."
Banning the Gideons From State Schools
by Archbishop Cranmer
"It’s a free text book, for Pete’s sake. You don’t have to
believe it; you don’t have to read it; and you don’t even have to
appreciate it. The Gideons have been generously and unconditionally
gifting the New Testament (and Psalms) to the nation’s schoolchildren
for donkey’s years. ... Since Christianity is still part of the National
Curriculum and the study of the faith is supposed to be pre-eminent
within Religious Education, why on earth would any school ban the
Gideons from visiting?..."
Atheism and One-Way Indoctrination
by Bill Muehlenberg
"[In] today’s press, we are told that Atheist Foundation of
Australia’s David Nicholls is quite hot under the collar about the evils
of religious instruction for children. As the Herald Sun
article puts it, 'President David Nicholls said it was time to rip
religion out of schools'..."
Lessons in Atheism For Children as Young as Four
(30 March 2011)
"Education chiefs are to add 'non-religious beliefs' to the
syllabus for primary and secondary pupils..."
In
the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind (16
June 2007)
"The lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing
bowl to induce mindful awareness..."
More British School Indoctrination
(4 February 2007)
"[British school] children will be taught race relations and
multiculturalism with every subject they study - from Spanish to science
- under controversial changes to the school curriculum announced by the
Government..."
Yoga
for Children (in Public School, That Is) (6
December 2006)
"Kids in public [state] school are learning yoga. According
to yoga instructor, Mark Blanchard (of Progressive Power Yoga), he
taught children at Colfax Elementary school in California this past
November. On his blog, he states: 'I will be introducing yoga to all of
the kids at the school as I donate a full yoga program'..." Filmmaker
Wants Transcendental Meditation in Every School
(9 March 2006)
"A Hollywood filmmaker who
practices a specific form of Transcendental Meditation is helping one
leader of the movement in his quest to bring the activity to every
school worldwide..."
Cultural Competence: Coming to a School Near You?
(19 October 2005)
"'Cultural Competence': the trendy term is appearing with greater
frequency in education proposals and literature. Parents would do well
to ask, 'What is it, and how could it affect my children's education
from kindergarten through college?..."
Waging Jihad Through
Education
Islamist Indoctrination in Our Schools
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Do you think the school system in a Muslim-majority nation would
happily embrace booklets informing Muslim students how great
Christianity is, or Judaism? Do you think any positive curriculum about
non-Islamic faiths is found in Muslim-majority schools systems? Somehow
I just don’t think so. Yet that is what our Western Islamophiles want
done here. They want Western school kids taught all about how great
Islam is, and how [Westerners] are just a bunch of racists. Yes, you
heard me right. Some eggheads think our school children must learn how
to properly love Islam while they properly loathe Western culture..."
How Global Jihad is Being Accomplished
by Bill Muehlenberg
"We are all aware of the obvious means by which Islamists are
extending Islam throughout the world, and how they are attempting to
establish a universal caliphate. The use of terror is a major part of
jihadist expansionism. ... But there are other, more covert, ways in
which ... Islamic expansionism is taking place. I refer ... specifically
to the Muslim funding of Islamic studies in Western universities.
Millions of dollars over the years have poured in from Arabic and
Islamic sources to finance the study of Islam in the West..."
Across the Centuries:
The Day of Islam
by Al Dager
"Until recently, Eastern religion and American Indian religion have been
the favorite subjects for teaching young children in the public schools.
Of late, Islamic religious practices are increasingly infiltrating
schools..."
Teachers Physically Assaulted by Islamists
(26 February 2011)
"Classroom topics ranging from ham to the Holocaust have been
known to inspire complaints, demands, and legal threats by offended
Muslims, but sometimes even violence can erupt. Consider the case of
Gary Smith, head of religious education at Central Foundation Girls'
School in the Islamist stronghold of Tower Hamlets, a borough of London,
England..." Jihad
in Schools? (9 July 2007)
"Political Correctness: Seems the ACLU couldn't care less that a
San Diego public [state] school has set aside 15 minutes of classroom
instruction time for Muslim students to pray, while non-Muslims twiddle
their thumbs..." Teaching
Johnny About Islam (22 May 2006)
"In our brave new schools, Johnny can't say the pledge, but
he can recite the Quran. Yup, the same court that found the phrase
'Under God' unconstitutional now endorses Islamic catechism in public
school..." Look
Who's Teaching Johnny About Islam (3
May 2004)
"A top textbook consultant shaping classroom education on Islam in
American public [state] schools recently worked for a school funded and
controlled by the Saudi government, which propagates a rigidly
anti-Western strain of Islam, a WND investigation
reveals..." Islam
Studies Spark Hate Mail and Lawsuits (16
January 2002)
"Word of public-school students pretending to be Muslims, wearing
robes, simulating jihads and memorizing verses from the Koran in a
seventh-grade California classroom touched off a firestorm of debate,
but WND has learned these classroom exercises are neither isolated to
one school district nor are they anything new..."
See also
here for further general information
concerning Islam
Harry Potter and the New
Education Bewitched
by Harry Potter by Berit Kjos
"It's not surprising that Harry [Potter] has suddenly soared to the
peaks of popularity in schools across the country. His story fits right
into the international program for multicultural education. The
envisioned global community calls for a common set of values which
excludes traditional beliefs as intolerant and narrow - just as the
Harry Potter books show..." Movie
Magic and Unconscious Learning by
Berit Kjos
"Harry Potter fans ... share a new language with terms and meanings
that they validate and cheer in each other. The fact that the new
language makes little sense to mugglish parents ... only strengthens
their bond. Together, they explore and affirm the values defined by the
story. This exploration has been brought into classrooms across the
country..." More
Harry Potter Articles by
Berit Kjos
Sex Education
More PC Mischief and Mayhem
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Whenever the forces of political
correctness and a morally bankrupt mainstream media come together, you
know there is going to be trouble, big time. Indeed, simply get a
lesbian couple screaming ‘discrimination’ and you have created a media
firestorm. The radical homosexual lobby has milked this story for all
its worth, and the MSM is quite happy to play this up worldwide. Here is
the story:.."
Just What is Behind These Suicides?
by Bill Muehlenberg
"It is quite common for homosexual
activists to blame suicide in their ranks on ‘homophobia’. ‘If we would
just be more tolerant and accepting of homosexuals, these rates would
drop’ they claim. But are these claims in fact true?.."
Our Sexperts Living in Denial
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Another day, another bizarre
proposal from our activist sexperts. These guys are on a crusade to
sexualise our kids whether we like it or not. Today we have yet another
call to have condom vending machines in our schools. The proposal has
thankfully been met largely with disdain and disbelief..."
Our Children Under Siege by
Bill Muehlenberg
"Sadly, secular humanists seem to
know what most [of us] don’t know: we are in a war, and the long-term
outcome must always be kept in view. And the real trophy of the culture
wars is our children, and our grandchildren. Thus the secular left is
working overtime on its long-range goals, and is especially targeting
our children..."
Herding Our Children Off to the Reeducation Camps
by Bill Muehlenberg
"It is a common feature of
totalitarian states, such as the Communist regimes, to haul
recalcitrants off to camps where they can be made to conform to official
state ideology. The strict enforcement of group-think is a hallmark of
such police states, where no deviation from the state line is tolerated.
... Sadly however the use of indoctrination, propaganda and brainwashing
is not confined to atheistic totalitarian states. Increasingly the West
is moving in this direction. The public education system is especially
becoming a main source of politically correct propaganda and
indoctrination..."
Schools, Values and the Family
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Early this year Prime Minister John
Howard stirred up a hornet’s nest of indignation when he made some
comments about the trend towards private education. He said the reason
more and more parents are sending their children to private and
independent schools is because of political correctness and a loss of
values in public schools, among other reasons. The Prime Minister
suggested that our public schools might be short of values while long on
political correctness. While the teacher’s unions and many others
heavily criticised the Prime Minister for his remarks, many parents were
agreeing with him..."
What
About Abstinence? by Robert Layton
"I was holding a notice from my 13-year-old son's school announcing
a meeting to preview the new course in sexuality. Parents could
examine the curriculum and take part in an actual lesson presented
exactly as it would be given to students..."
Sex Ed and Global Values
by Berit Kjos
"When fifteen-year-old Kevin walked into his American History
class ... he was given a handout. He glanced at the title:
'Heterosexuality: Can it be cured?' It came from the American Public
Health Association Caucus of Gay and Public Health Workers..."
Seduction to Destruction: The Homosexual
Agenda by Gary Yinger
"Homosexual activists have set a well planned and well financed agenda
that started in the 1960s and now includes not only tolerance of their
lethal lifestyle but acceptance with privileges as a special class, as a
minority group. The key target is our youth..."
VIDEO: What Sort of Sex Education Should Be Taught
in Schools? by Clement Okusi
"4thought.tv asks what sort of sex education should be taught in
schools..."
Gay Penguin Book for Kids Tops US Complaints Chart
(28 April 2011)
"A story book about gay penguins, pushed with taxpayer funding to
young children in the UK, is the most complained-about book in America..."
Equality Commission Wants Teachers to Ask Children
If They Are Homosexual (29
March 2011)
"A report commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights
Commission (EHRC) recommends that children should be asked if they are
homosexual from the age of 11 and that records should be kept of those
unsure or 'questioning' their sexuality. The report was conducted in an
effort to encourage teachers, nurses and youth workers to start
monitoring the development of young peoples' sexual identity..."
Teaching Christian Morality Gets Parents Jailed
(15 March 2011)
"Authorities in Paderborn, Germany, today sent two fathers to
jail for refusing to allow the public school system to indoctrinate
their children with a sex philosophy that 'if it feels good, do it.'
Another student's mother already had been imprisoned for the same
offense..."
Explicit Sex Ed Materials Pushed to Primary
Schools (9 March 2011)
"Shocking sex education materials are being pushed by public
bodies for use in schools with children as young as five, a new report
reveals. The report is launched today (Wed. 9 March) in the midst of a
coalition Government review of sex education guidance..."
'Gay Lessons' in Maths, Geography and Science
(22 January 2011)
"Children are to be taught about homosexuality in maths,
geography and science lessons as part of a Government-backed drive to
'celebrate the gay community'..."
How to Talk About Homosexuality
(13 October 2010)
"Carl Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, is in
the media and political crossfire now for comments he made about
homosexuality - perfectly reasonable comments. There are several
problems here that need to be addressed..."
Attempts to Make Sex Education Compulsory
(2 September 2010)
"Labour MP Chris Bryant intends to propose a ten-minute rule bill
on 8 September 2010 which would seek to make sex education compulsory in
schools, threatening the freedom that parents currently have to withdraw
their children from sex education..."
Parents Beware: The Effects of Teaching Same-Sex
Attraction During Pre-Adolescence
(23 August 2010)
"Parents need to be aware that teaching children same-sex
attraction and sexual practices during early stages of development is
potentially harmful because children have not yet formed their identity.
Those who push the homosexual agenda know that this is an effective time
to indoctrinate children into such behaviour. This is especially true
during the Latency period (from around age 8 until puberty at age
12-14), when many pre-adolescent children are repulsed by the opposite
sex..."
Condoms for Children
(7 July 2010)
"Legal scholars and philosophers alike will be astonished to find that
after decades of whether or not morality can be legislated, Provincetown
School Committee took it upon itself to legislate immorality..."
Pediatricians Warn Educators Not to Promote Being
'Gay' (8 April 2010)
"A professional organization for pediatricians has dispatched
letters to thousands of school superintendents across the United States
with a warning that promoting – or 'affirming' – the homosexual
lifestyle to young children can damage them..."
Now They Want to Ban Mums and Dads
(5 February 2008)
"Schools are being ordered to drop the term 'mum and dad' in case it
offends pupils from a single-parent, homosexual or turkey-baster
'family'. Ed Balls, who runs the department of social engineering, also
wants four-year-olds to be taught about same-sex relationships..."
The
Weirdos We Pay to 'Talk Dirty' to Our Children / Depravity: One Thing
Our Children Are Being Taught (23
September 2007)
"If state schools were training
nine-year-olds to fire handguns, or 11-year-olds to ride motorbikes, you
might possibly protest. Why, after all, would children need to learn at
such young ages to do dangerous things that only adults are supposed to
do ... Might they not use their new knowledge before they are ready? Yet
we do something just as mad, and everybody approves of it. What is more,
the main argument for doing that thing has been repeatedly proved to be
wrong..." Ban
on 'Mom' and 'Dad' Considered - Again (27
April 2007)
"A plan that has been launched in the California state
Assembly - again - could be used to ban references to 'mom' and 'dad' in
public [state] schools statewide by prohibiting anything that would
'reflect adversely' on the homosexual lifestyle choice..."
Targeting Our Children - No. 4729
(30 March 2007)
"The war against our children never lets up. Various activist
groups are continually aiming to get our children into their
less-than-healthy lifestyles. Such attempts occur at a regular pace, and
it is hard to keep up with it all. The latest attempt to hijack our kids
comes from – no surprise here – yet another academic pushing an
agenda..."
Another Reason to Reform Our Education System
(9 October 2006)
"It is not hard to produce solid reasons as to why our school system is
in need of a major overhaul. On a daily basis horror stories can be
found indicting our out-of-control education system. The stranglehold of
political correctness, secular humanism and leftist ideology seems to
grow by the day..." Fear-Based
Sex Education (8 September
2006)
"Much has been said about fear-based sex education in the
past few years. And I finally think I have figured out what they're
talking about..." Ninth
Circuit Body Slams Parents' Rights (8
November 2005)
"America's favorite appeals court has done it again! The 9th
Circuit Court in San Francisco, notorious for ruling against 'under God'
in the Pledge, upset families across America last week with another
controversial decision, this time undermining parents' rights. ... the
9th circuit ruled that parents have have no constitutional right to
prevent a school district from introducing sexual ideas to their
children..."
The New Show and Tell: How Homosexuality is Being
Promoted in the Classroom (27
October 2004)
"In schools all across ... this nation, we are seeing a very
aggressive plan by gay activist organizations that are boldly taking
their agenda into our schools. ... How do these pro-homosexual programs
get into the schools? One way is through diversity and anti-bullying
programs..."
Short
Comments/News Items
(Various Commentators)
Death Education
A GCSE English Lang/Lit Assignment
by a Concerned Adult Student
"Last year [2007] the teacher asked
us to play a game in one of the GCSE lessons. We had to imagine that we
were all in a hot air balloon that was going to crash land in a desert
island. The balloon was too heavy and the only chance to survive was to
throw one person overboard to a certain death..."
Inside the Mind of a Killer
by David Catchpole
"Within just a few hours of this week's [Nov
2007] Finnish high school shooting (in which eight people plus the
killer died), as the tragic details were relayed by news agencies around
the world, it was soon apparent that there was already one clear
difference between this tragedy and the one at an American high school
eight years earlier..."
Death Education at Columbine High
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Last weekend, the seniors at Columbine High School graduated. They
tossed their caps into the air, celebrating their liberation from twelve
years of public education where they were indoctrinated in the system's
moral and academic chaos and were undoubtedly glad to come out of it
alive. Some of their classmates did not..."
How to Build a Bomb in the Public School System
by David Catchpole
"How could they shoot and kill their fellow students? That was
the question asked following the shooting deaths of 15 people at
Columbine High School in Colorado, USA, [in 1999]. Why would young
people kill, destroy and bomb in a suicide attack? Their clothes may
give a clue to the thinking of these teenage murderers..."
See also this related
article:
Toying With Death: Learning to Love Evil and Crave
Violence by Berit Kjos
"'After the Jonesboro shootings, one of the high-school teachers
told me how her students reacted when she told them about the shootings
at the middle school. 'They laughed', she told me with dismay. ... We
have raised a generations of barbarians who have learned to associate
violence with pleasure..."
The New Classroom Discipline
A Lesson in How Not to Treat Children
by David Starkey
"Anyone
who watched the recent Channel 4 series Jamie's Dream School will have
seen me getting a thorough dressing down from the headmaster for calling
a pupil fat..."
Is
the Public [State] School Destroying the Male Child?
by Jeffrey Leving and Glenn Sacks
"Many modern educational practices are counterproductive for boys.
Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still,
be quiet and complete paperwork and assignments which are sometimes of
questionable value. ... Many young boys are bodily kinesthetic learners
who respond to hands-on lessons. The educational establishment finds
this inconvenient, and thus largely ignores it..."
My Life as a Troublemaker
by Jamaal M. Watson
"My name is Jamaal Watson ... and together with my buddy Victor,
I'm the creator of 'Elvis Impersonator' ... If you went to our school
records you might find us listed as 'troublemakers' ... and 'below
average' in many subjects. ... Let me tell you a few ... things about
Victor and myself that schools don't know..."
Zero
Tolerance for Non-Compliance: Ten Steps Toward Lifelong Behavior
Modification by Berit Kjos
"Should Twana Dawson be expelled for bringing a nail clipper
to school? ... John Turner was arrested during a school recess,
handcuffed, fingerprinted, and forbidden to call his mother. ... Amber
Nash brought a knife to school to cut a friend's birthday brownies. She
was suspended for ten days. ... Kameryan Lueng didn't realise that the
little knife attached to the chain of her grandfather's old pocket watch
would violate the 'zero tolerance' policy. Her punishment was suspension
from school and remediation at Redirection Academy. ... How can schools
justify their harsh punishment when their victims intend no
wrong?..." The
Myth of ADHD by Joel Turtel
"The vast majority of Ritalin and Adderall is given to school
children to treat an alleged disease called ADHD. Children who suffer
from ADHD are said to be inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive. They
get bored easily in class, squirm in their seats, are always on the go,
or don't get along with other students or the teacher. In other words,
many children diagnosed with ADHD may simply be normal kids, full of
energy, and bored out of their minds sitting in mind-numbing,
public-school classrooms..." Why
Public [State] Schools Pressure Parents to Give Their Kids Mind-Altering
Drugs by Joel Turtel
"Nothing condemns our public-school system more than the fact that
many school authorities across America pressure parents to give
mind-altering drugs to millions of normal, innocent children to stop
bored kids from fidgeting in their seats of 'not paying attention'
..."
Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder, Ritalin, Drugging Children, and Psychiatry
by Gene Zimmer
"Ritalin is given to millions of children every year, with the amount
growing. Psychiatry has convinced a majority of the public that up to
20% of our children are 'mentally ill' and need these drugs to correct
their 'brain imbalances'..."
The ADHD Fraud: How Psychiatry Makes 'Patients'
Out of Normal Children (Death
From Ritalin)
"On March 21, 2000, fourteen-year old Matthew Smith was having a
good time skateboarding with two of his cousins. Suddenly, he collapsed
to the floor and started turning blue. ... At the hospital he was
pronounced dead from a heart attack - a heart attack caused by
Ritalin..."
What Drugmakers Don't Want You to Know
(Death From Ritalin)
"Thousands of children have suddenly died over the years, as a
direct result of using psychotropic drugs used for ADD and ADHD..."
Vital Information About Ritalin, ADHD, and the
Politics Behind the ADHD/Ritalin Movement
by Peter R. Breggin, M.D.
"Our society has institutionalized drug abuse among our
children..."
Drug Information
(Death From Ritalin)
Drugs used for ADD and ADHD and their side effects.
Drugging Kids and School Violence
by Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld
"Believe it or not, there are now over 5 million school kids in
America on psychotropic drugs, most of which are prescribed and
administered by the schools themselves. ... What is most disturbing,
however, is the growing awareness that the increased violence among
school children may have more to do with the drugs than with the guns
they use to carry out their violence..."
ADD, ADHD, and
Antidepressant Drugs (8 March 2007)
"According to the U.S. National Institute of Health, an estimated 3-5%
of North American children have been diagnosed with ADD or ADHD. Many of
these kids, as well as adults, make use of prescription drugs to help
them manage the impact of AD/HD on their lives..."
Colorado School Board
Passes Resolution Warning About Ritalin
(December 1999)
"The Colorado State School Board passed a resolution on November 11
warning of the possible negative effects of psychotropic (mind-altering)
prescription drugs on schoolchildren..."
A Different Kind of Drug
War - Violent Behavior in Children Taking Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
(December 1999)
"A school-board member's resolution calling for a higher standard of
care when prescribing mind-altering drugs for schoolchildren has erupted
in controversy in Colorado..."
Learning Fascism in American Schools
(3 May 1998)
"Today's topic, class, is ethics: If somebody offered you $50, would you
be more inclined to turn in a fellow student who did something
wrong?..."
'Old Paradigm' and 'New
Paradigm' Education Charts
by Berit Kjos New
Emphasis in Schools and Culture
The new social and
educational emphasis. Three
Sets of Meanings for Educational Buzzwords
The same double-speak
pervades the UN and all other parts of the new global management
system. Three Cultural Paradigms or Worldviews
The three global
absolutes which children are trained to see as fact in our schools are:
pantheism, monism, and evolution. Postmodern Culture
If we don't understand
the changing worldviews of influential leaders, we can't prepare for the
impact of this social revolution. Transformation From Personal Freedom to Collectivism and Control
From the Christian
paradigm through the Humanist paradigm to the Global paradigm. Biblical vs. Consensus Thinking
Transformed by the Word or
Conformed to the World
Three
Kinds of Group Relationships
The Christian - led by
the Spirit; the Secular - led by felt needs; and the Dialectic - driven
by organizational outcomes. Brainwashing and How to Resist It
Comparing standard
brainwashing tactics with New Paradigm education methods. Towards a Conceptual Model of Life-Long Education
Similarities between
America's Goals 2000 & UNESCO's Education Plan. From Soviet Education to US [and Western European] Education
Merging labor and 'lifelong
learning' with socialist ideology, psycho-social manipulation, and high
tech monitoring.
Teachers: The New Parents For The New Age
Assaults on Faith and Family - Part One: The UN
Seizure of Parental Rights by
Berit Kjos
"Don't be deceived! The twenty-year-old Convention on the Rights of the
Child (CRC) has little to do with personal rights. It has everything to
do with changing values and undermining the traditional family. ... The
process started long ago..."
Assaults on Faith and Family - Part Two: Mandatory
Training in Orwellian Thinking
by Berit Kjos
"Remember that proverbial frog in a pot of water? It finally died, since
it didn't notice the slow-rising heat..."
Assaults on Faith and Family - Part Three: The
Ominous 'Success' of Re-Education
by Berit Kjos
"The traditional Christian family has been a continual obstacle to the
globalist vision of solidarity. And for over sixty years, the United
nations and its mental health gurus have fought hard to eradicate those
old 'poisonous certainties' that stood in their way..."
Mums and Dads to be Banned by
Bill Muehlenberg
"It had to come to this eventually.
Yes, mothers and fathers are now taboo. At least calling someone your
mum or dad is verboten. Nix. Not allowed. Out of bounds. Schools are
being urged by a tax-payer funded booklet to never allow children to be
so insensitive and bigoted again: they are not to call their parents mum
or dad. Parent, yes, or guardian, But not that intolerant and prejudiced
‘mummy’ and ‘daddy’..." Public
Schools Are Un-American by
Joel Turtel
"Compulsory-attendance laws force parents to send their children to
public schools. These laws presume that the politicians we vote into
office, our agents whose salaries we pay with our taxes, have the right
to take away parents' liberty and inalienable rights..."
What Happened to Parental Rights?
by Berit Kjos
"When the state assumes power to tell any parent what and how to
teach their children, all parents need to be on guard..."
The
Incredible Shrinking Parent
by Marlin Maddoux
"Nobody likes to get fired. But
if you're an average American parent, the chances are you've already
lost that job..."
Whose
Children are They Anyway? by
David Norris
"We stand today in a battle zone. Two kingdoms are locked in
a fight to the death. Each kingdom claims total authority over every
aspect of life in our world and over everyone in it. ... Nowhere is this
battle more in evidence than in the struggle for the hearts and minds of
children taking place every day in state schools..."
Why Are Parents Banning School Books?
(27 September 2010)
"In the US more and more parents are pressing schools to withdraw books
with bad language or sexual content. But should children's books be
restricted in this way?..."
UN Wants Final Word on Rearing Your Kids
(28 January 2008)
"If the Senate ratifies the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child, the state, acting under UN direction, will decide what your
children read, who they associate with, what discipline (if any) can be
imposed and whether or not they can be home-schooled..."
Who Controls Our Children?
(10 June 2007)
"The story of this film began almost twenty years ago, when a
Pennsylvania boy came home from public school one day, and said: 'Mom,
something weird is going on with this test they made us take in school
today.' Being a concerned mom, she went to the school and asked to see
the test. The school refused..."
See also this related article:
Child Abuse by the Government
(20 February 2008)
"Government rips an autistic boy from his home because it prefers a
different treatment than the one offered by the parents ... after a
teacher called Child Protective Services..."
Universities
All Must Have Tuition Fees by
Melanie Phillips
"Despite all
the stürm und drang over the hike in British university
tuition fees,
... the policy misses the real point by a mile. The reason for the hike
is that the universities are broke; and the reason they are broke is
that they are now processing (educating is definitely not the
word to use in this context) vast numbers of young people who should not
be at university in the first place; and the reason they are there is
that it is considered ‘elitist’ (boo, hiss) to restrict university
places to those who are suited to academic higher education, on
the grounds that pretty well everyone is entitled to
have a degree qualification..."
Anti-Christian Bigotry on Campus
by Bill Muehlenberg
"There used to be a time when universities were known for being
bastions of freedom of speech in which openness to ideas and genuine
intellectual inquiry were affirmed. But that is no longer the case at
many Western campuses. Instead a stifling political correctness is
curtailing open debate and unfettered learning..."
The War Against Free Speech
by Bill Muehlenberg
"This site has documented
numerous examples of the secular left squelching freedom of speech for
anyone it deems to be politically incorrect. Indeed, whole books have
been written on how the censorship and suppression of freedom occurs
routinely in the Western world, especially in our universities. The
intriguing thing of course is that those who are doing all the
heavy-handed Gestapo tactics are the ones who mouth off so much about
tolerance, acceptance and inclusiveness..."
A Review of The
Two Tasks of the Christian Scholar
by
Bill Muehlenberg
"Edited by William Lane Craig and
Paul Gould, [this book] ... reminds us that our universities and
professors are the gatekeepers of ideas, and that they have a tremendous
influence on every other aspect of life. If bad ideas come forth from
our universities, then we will all be on the receiving end, because bad
ideas have bad consequences..."
Our Campus Censors
by Bill Muehlenberg
"One of the great achievements
of the West is the university, where the free exchange of ideas takes
place, and various points of view can be thrashed out openly and without
fear of reprisal or discrimination. At least that’s the theory, anyhow.
For quite some time that was more or less the case. But in these days of
political correctness, and the stranglehold of left/liberalism, it is
getting harder and harder to have a genuine free flow of ideas on most
campuses. Indeed, many Western universities are now places where a
liberal education has given way to an illiberal education. The hegemony
of the secular left is extremely hard to break through nowadays, and
those who dare to dissent from the PC point of view do so at some
considerable risk..."
Academia, the Left, and Islamo-Fascism
by Bill Muehlenberg
"The 1960’s revolutionary
David Horowitz, who has gotten a bit more conservative in his old age,
organised an Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week on American university
campuses last week. Given what a hotbed of leftism, political
correctness and intolerance most universities are, it took a lot of guts
to pull something like this off. And by all accounts it was a real
humdinger..."
Are our Universities Biased?
by Bill Muehlenberg
"This of course is a
rhetorical question, much like, Is the Pope Catholic? Western
universities have been hotbeds of radicalism and leftist ideology for
some time now, certainly since the 60s, when they were deliberately
targeted by the New Left, of which I was then a part. Following the
advice of the Italian socialist Antonio Gramsci, we were then encouraged
to march through the institutions of power and influence, subverting
them from within. And the 60s radicals did a very good job indeed of
doing just that..."
Academia and 9/11
by Bill Muehlenberg
"How have the universities
grappled with the tragic events of 9/11? Have they learned anything?
Have they had a change of heart? Have they given up on some of their
radical ways? Not according to Harvey Mansfield. He should know. He
lectures in government at Harvard University. And what is true of
Harvard is true of most of our universities. At Universities, Little
Learned From 9/11, is the title of an article he penned recently,
reprinted in the Weekly Standard, September 14, 2006. In it
laments that the strangleholds of political correctness,
multiculturalism, leftist ideology and moral myopia continue to reign at
Harvard and the academy..."
Hate Crime Legislation - Back Door to Censorship
by James Simpson
"An extension of the Hate Crimes law recently passed the House of
Representatives which will essentially codify into national law the
'speech codes' that are smothering academic freedom on college campuses
today..."
A Wee (Real) History Lesson
Nations, Virtue, Religion and Freedom
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Very few people would realise it, but there is a very real and vital
connection between freedom, religion and morality; between liberty,
faith and virtue. And perhaps nowhere was this concept so explicitly and
strenuously promoted and championed than in America during the time of
its founding..."
Freedom, History and Memory
by Bill Muehlenberg
"For both religious and non-religious reasons, history is vitally
important, and it is imperative that we do not forget the lessons of
history..."
Destroying the Foundations of the West
by Bill Muehlenberg
"The Judeo-Christian worldview was
essential for the rise of the West. Without it the world would be a
radically different place today. Most of the features that we now enjoy
about the West – such as freedom, democracy, limited government,
education and the universities, the rule of law, the rise of progress
and science, human rights and separation of church and state – would
largely be absent or greatly diminished if it were not for the rise of
Christianity. Yet the West appears to be hell-bent on denying,
eradicating or undermining these very foundations..."
How Public [State] Education Cripples Our Kids and
Why by John Taylor Gatto
"Do we really need school? I don't mean education, just forced
schooling:... We have been taught (that is, schooled) in this country to
think of 'success' as synonymous with, or at least dependent on,
'schooling', but historically that isn't true in either an intellectual
or a financial sense..."
Chronology
of the National Education Association
by Berit Kjos
"Has our education system failed
[our] children? Not in the minds of 'progressive' educators and utopian
globalists. ... [they] cheer the changes that have traded facts for
fantasy, truth for myths, academics for collective socialization and
individual thinking for group manipulation..." Chronology
of Steps Towards International Education
by Berit Kjos
"Notice
the powerful people, organizations and foundations that inspire, plan,
and fund the transformation ... to (a) Purge
the beliefs, values, individualism, independence and free enterprise
that made [each] nation unique;
(b) Promote
global beliefs and interdependence, universal values, a managed economy,
and controlled human capital--even at the cost of constitutional rights
and personal freedom; (c) Implement the psycho-social strategies of
Mastery Learning to modify beliefs and behavior to match the needs of a
global economy..." Are
American Public [State] Schools the Same as Russian?
by Joel Turtel
"Many parents might think it a bit farfetched to compare our public
[state] schools to schools in socialist or communist countries. However,
if we look closer, we will see striking similarities between the two
systems..."
Some Lessons From the Underground History of
American Education by John
Taylor Gatto
"From the beginning, there was purpose behind forced schooling,
purpose which had nothing to do with what parents, kids, or communities
wanted. Instead it was forged out of what a highly centralized corporate
economy and system of finance bent on internationalizing itself was
thought to need; that, and what a strong, centralized political state
needed, too. School was looked upon from the first decade of the
twentieth century as a branch of industry and a tool of governance..."
Bush, Gorbachev, Schultz, and Soviet Education
by Berit Kjos
"George W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Schultz, and your children -
how are they linked? Why does it matter? ... If you are as concerned as
I am about America's shift from traditional values and factual education
to global values and psycho-social strategies for 'lifelong learning'
you would want to know the answers..."
Radical Democracy and Our Future: A Call to Action
by John Taylor Gatto
"[T]he vital warfare ... in school and society is independent of
the traditional historical dichotomies like Left/Right, rich/poor,
Democrat/Republican, conservative/liberal, etc. A poor, radically
leftist, self-styled liberal Democrat who wants to stick his nose in my
family's business, ... and force my children to swallow his notion what
an education should be about is exactly the same sort of enemy that a
rich, radically rightest self-styled conservative Republican who wants
to do the same thing is..."
A Cure for Our National Amnesia
by Michael Nazir-Ali
"It is both rare and
welcome to hear an educating and educated speech by the Secretary of
State for Education at his party conference. Michael Gove's at the
Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, particularly the section on
the curriculum in our schools, repays careful study. He is generally
right in his emphasis on the rigorous study of traditional subjects
rather than wasting time on what he calls 'pseudo-subjects'. ... It is,
however, his comments about the teaching of history that are the most
telling..."
The Fall and Rise of Human Violence
by Berit Kjos
"As
centuries come and go, history occasionally reveals sudden, momentous
changes that transform cultures in ways that defy human logic. One of
these astounding leaps began about 400 years ago. It brought light into
the darkness of the Middle Ages and safety to people bound by fear,
superstition and tyranny. Historian Randall Roth summarizes what
happened..."
The Frankfurt School and the War on the West
by Bill Muehlenberg
"The cultural and ideological battles raging around us do not
exist in a vacuum, nor have they happened by accident. There are those
who hate the West and want to destroy it and make it into their own
image. Many groups and individuals are actively at work in this assault
on the West. Many movements and groups can be mentioned, but here I wish
to focus on just one. It has been hugely influential in undermining the
West and bringing about cultural Marxism. Even though Marxism as a
political force is greatly diminished, it is still alive and well in its
cultural form. I refer to the Frankfurt School..."
The Frankfurt School: Conspiracy to Corrupt
by Timothy Matthews
"'Western Civilisation at the present day is passing through a
crisis which is essentially different from anything that has been
previously experienced..."
The Frankfurt School and 'Political Correctness'
by Michael Minnicino
"The people of North
America and Western Europe now accept a level of ugliness in their daily
lives which is almost without precedent in the history of Western
civilization..."
About the Frankfurt School
by Dr. Gerald L. Atkinson
"Who in
[the West] today is at work destroying our traditions, our family bonds,
our religious beginnings, our reinforcing institutions, indeed, our
entire culture? What is it that is changing our [Western] civilization?
Suppose you were to learn that nearly all of the observations made in
this series of essays are completely consistent with a 'design' -- that
is a concept, a way of thinking, and a process for bringing it about.
And suppose one could identify a small core group of people who designed
just such a concept and thought through the process of infusing it into
a culture. Wouldn't you be interested in at least learning about such a
core group? Wouldn't you want to know who they were, what they thought,
and how they conjured up a process for bringing their thoughts into
action?..."
A Brief History of Education. Part 1: Educational
Thought by Andrew Old
"One way of looking at education is as a battle of ideas. ...
Sometimes this is seen as a conflict between traditionalists and
progressives. I prefer to see it as a conflict between those who wish
education to be rigorous and structured and those who wish it to be
undemanding and ill-defined. The following is intended as a guide to the
educational ideas that are shaping our current climate..."
Homeschooling Homeschooled
by Michael Pearl
"Our Western culture is
evangelistic and totalitarian in its zeal to promote secular humanism.
Their primary means of achieving universal compliance is the public
[state] designed educational system. It is not because it is public nor
because it is universal that it is evil. The evil is found in two
things:..."
Home
Schooling: An Alternative to Public 'Education'
by Gene Zimmer
"It is becoming clearly obvious to many parents that something is very
wrong with the public education system. Each year fewer students
graduate with sufficient academic and cognitive skills, violence and
immorality continue to rise, ... the reasons for this are simple to
understand..."
How to Get an Education at Home
by Pat Farenga
"There is a revolution going on in education, but it is not
happening in schools. It is happening in the homes of American families
in every state. It is happening every time a family decides to help its
children learn at home instead of sending them to public school.
Fourteen years ago there were roughly 10,000 children being homeschooled;
now there are upwards of 600,000 children learning at home..."
Thinking of Homeschooling?
by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
"Many working parents wouldn't dream of homeschooling. Yet there is
enough growing concern among some parents that is leading them to think
of homeschooling as an alternative to the public school..." Homeschooling
Saves Your Child From Destruction by
Joel Turtel
"Home schooling removes children from public [state] school. That
alone makes home schooling worthwhile. Unlike public-school children,
home-schooled kids are not prisoners of a system that can wreck their
self-esteem, ability to read, and love of learning. Home schooled kids
don't have to read dumb-downed [sic] text books, study subjects they
hate, or endure meaningless classes six to eight hours a day..." Homeschooling:
Can I Do It? by Joel Turtel
"Many parents would like to homeschool their children but are
afraid they don't have the training or ability to be their children's
teacher. This is certainly understandable, because most parents never
had any formal training to be a teacher. However, most parents don't
have to worry about this issue..."
The Three Myths of Homeschooling
by Berit Kjos
"Myth 1 - They won't learn the needed social skills if I teach at
home. Myth 2 - I could never teach! I don't have any degree.
Myth 3 - My kids are going to a good school. Public [state] schools may
be changing in other parts of the country, but our school is
different!..."
Socialization: Homeschooling vs. Schools
by Michael F. Haverluck
"Questions about inadequate socialization are often brought up as
a means to disqualify homeschooling as a viable alternative form of
education, but are the arguments valid?..."
Revolution via Home Schooling
by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
"The only effective group of citizens today in open opposition to big
government are the home schoolers. They are the only Americans willing
to take on the public education system that props up the entire statist
enterprise of big, intrusive government..."
Homeschooling and Global Tyranny
by Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
"America is at a very crucial period in its history. Our national
sovereignty is being continually diminished by the New World Order
clique that wants to spearhead the movement into world government. ...
Meanwhile, American children in American schools are being indoctrinated
in world citizenship and away from patriotism, which is called
ethnocentrism. But there's a fly in the ointment. it is called
homeschooling..." The
Reformed School of Alexandria by
Michael Pearl
"We did not raise our children in a classroom environment. I
conducted my 'classes' in the front seat of the pickup or in the cabinet
shop. Debi conducted her classes in the kitchen or sitting at the
kitchen table enthusiastically discussing points of interest to the
children..." What
Curriculum Do You Recommend? by
Debi Pearl
"Remember, God did not make classroom education. It is the
invention of humanists seeking to usurp parental authority. Why
recapture your rights and duty only to adopt their methods of
teaching?..." Homeschooling
As a Way of Life by Rebekah
Joy Pearl
"For many, 'school' is the main focus in 'homeschooling'. As
for me 'home' is most important. ... The essence of homeschooling is
equipping a child to learn for the rest of his/her life. ... From time
to time I meet young mothers who want to start homeschooling, but they
are terrified by their own inadequacy..."
On Being Salt and Light
by Frederick C. Foote
"As the homeschoolers of five young children, my wife and I
occasionally find ourselves in conversations where salt and light comes
up. ... we often hear how homeschooling may be deficient in at least one
important respect - its failure to position our children where they can
function on a daily basis as salt and light to their non-Christians
friends..." Deliberate
Dumbing of America: Home Schooling Has Come A Long Way
by Phyllis Schlafly
"It takes uncommon commitment by parents to undertake a home school
regimen, but they soon discover they can do in a couple of hours what
takes all day at regular school..." Homeschooling
Pioneers: Interview With Rebekah (Pearl) Anast by
Deborah Wuehler, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
"Ever had a child training problem and not known what to do?
I have, and I have turned again and again to a wonderful little book
entitled To Train Up A Child by Michael and Debi Pearl.
... The Pearls also happen to be among the pioneers of homeschooling in
the early 1970s during the movement's turbulent beginnings. We are so
pleased to have Rebekah Anast (formerly Rebekah Pearl) with us to let us
in on what it was like being a homeschooled child under the tutelage of
the infamous Pearls during this breaking movement called home
education..."
Homeschooling and State Education
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Modern, universal, secular education is largely taken for
granted today in the West. But it has not always been in existence. Up
until relatively recently in history, most schooling was done at home or
by the churches. Mass, public education conducted by the state is a
somewhat recent development. I have written before about the various
dangers which may lie in public education. Mass education could simply
be about the three R’s, which would be fair enough, but often it becomes
a means of indoctrination and the promotion of various agendas. And this
has not occurred by accident. Many have viewed mass education as a means
by which the state can indoctrinate students and enforce its
ideology..." Ben
Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Never Went to Public [State] School
by Joel Turtel
"Most of our Founding Fathers, ... like most average colonial
Americans, spent few years, if any, in formal grammar schools of the
day, yet they knew how to read and write well. ... At least ten of our
presidents were home-schooled..." Have
Christian Schools Turned the Tide?
by Ronald E.
Williams
"In the past many years, we have witnessed dramatic growth in the
area of Christian Education. Churches and pastors who had never given
serious thought to being involved in the Christian school movement are
now daily teaching their youngsters in the own school..."
College From Home
by Shawn Cohen
"Instead of sitting through hours of humanistic instruction from
atheistic professors, I studied from the comfort of my own home and on
average completed semester long course in a few days or weeks..."
Hitler is Alive and Well in the Western World
by Don Hank
"Assuming you have now read the horrible stories about what happened to
Christer Johannson and Michael Hickman, I need to say I have been
getting a steady stream of such reports as these from Germany since I
founded this website..."
Homeschooling and the War Against Children
by Bill Muehlenberg
"Children are our future. The way our children develop determines
how society develops. And when ideological battles are being fought in a
culture, children are the trophy. Those who can control the children
will be able to control a culture. That is why totalitarian states
always seek to get control of children, especially from very early ages.
The totalist state knows that years of parental interaction with their
children will drive a wedge between them and the state. Thus it becomes
imperative to not allow parents to inculcate their beliefs and values in
their children..."
The Case For Christian Education
by Bill Muehelnberg
"Up until around 175 years ago, most people were educated at
home, or by the church. As such, public education is a relatively new
phenomenon. But today it is the major means of education in the Western
world. Sure, there are religious schools, private schools, and
home-schooling, but most people attend public schools. Perhaps 50 or 100
years ago, this was not a bad thing, as most schools back then reflected
the culture at large, and in most of the Western world, that culture was
primarily Christian in nature. But times have changed, and
secularisation has pushed out religion, making our schools – and
everything else – not only devoid of religion but often quite hostile to
it. Christianity is especially unwanted in our modern educational
system. Secularist values, along with New Age nonsense, political
correctness, and leftwing politics and ideology reign in most of our
schools..."
Home-Schooling Parents May Face Criminal Record
Checks (30 November 2009)
"Parents who teach their own children at home must undergo
criminal record checks, say Government education inspectors..."
If Home-Schooling is Good For Our Children it is
For Us to Say (19 October
2009)
"Government plans to regulate home-schooling must be rebuffed. ... In
his book The Socialist Case, first published in 1937, Douglas Jay
coined a now notorious observation that was once taken as gospel: 'In
the case of nutrition and health, just as in the case of education, the
gentleman in Whitehall really does know better what is good for people
than the people know themselves'..." [NB. Please take the time to whizz
through readers' comments underneath this piece. Most of them are
excellent.]
Government Consultation on Home Education
(16
October 2009)
"The Department for Children, Schools and Families published a
consultation on home schooling. ...
Parents are responsible for ensuring that
their children receive a 'suitable' education. The Government wants to
usurp the role of parents and impose more governmental control, thus
intruding upon families who choose to educate their children at home.
Both the Bible and the law recognise it is a parent’s responsibility to
educate their children, not that of the Government. Education is
compulsory, but school is not. Parents can choose either to send their
children to school, or to educate them at home.
The Badman Report reviewed elective
home education. In our opinion, the Badman Report makes disproportionate
and unreasonable recommendations for compulsory registration and
invasive monitoring of those families who choose to educate at home.
The point of most concern to all parents, especially Christian ones, is
the proposal that those who choose to educate at home will have
Government officials interview a child alone—without even a parent being
present..."
Home-Schooling Must be Brought Under Government
Control (14 September 2009)
"An independent report, commissioned by the [UK] Government and
published this year, recommends that home-schooling must come closer to
the Government control..."
Home schooled Boy Grabbed by Police on Plane in
Sweden (7 September
2009)
"Christer and Annie Johannson are a Swedish couple from Gotland
that attempted last year to home school their son Dominic, a bright and
happy 7 year old, just prior to their leaving the country to take up
residence in India. They made all the right moves, informing the school
of their plans..."
The Badman Report
(11 June 2009)
Report to the
Secretary of State on the Review of Elective Home Education in England -
by Graham Badman.
The Coming War Against Home Schoolers
(28 January 2009)
"I knew this was coming. The inflamed, all-seeing eye of political
correctness, glaring this way and that from its dark tower, has finally
discovered that home schooling is a threat to the Marxoid project, and
has launched its first open attack on it..."
Social Worker: 'All Homeschoolers Get
Psychological Evaluations' (6
November 2008)
"The Smiths (name changed to protect privacy), an HSDLA member
family in Miami, received an unexpected note on their front door from a
social worker asking them to call the number on an attached business
card. Little did they know, this was the beginning of a nightmare they
would not soon forget..." Prosecutor
Wants Homeschool Parents Jailed
(19 May 2007)
"A federal prosecutor in the
German state of Hesse has announced plans to seek three-month prison
terms for a mother and father who homeschool their six children..." Western
Homeschoolers Need Political Asylum From Democracy
(15 April 2007)
"A growing crackdown on homeschool
families - most of whom are Christian - is the 'edge of the night that's
coming' for believers, according to an expert in the field..." Homeschool
Student Disappears From Psych Ward (13
February 2007)
"The case involving a 15-yr-old homeschool student in Germany who
suddenly was snatched from her home by a SWAT team of police officers
and sent to a psychiatric ward for her 'school phobia' suddenly has
taken a turn for the worse..." DfES
Consultation on Suitable and Efficient Home Education by Parents
(Email received 20 December 2006)
"So the [British] government think that some parents opting for
home education 'may not be in a position to offer their children the
well rounded education to which they are entitled'..." Parents
Jailed, Fined in Germany for Homeschooling
(No date. Email received 1 November 2006)
"What if you had to choose between not home schooling and
being arrested? In a western democracy that is tolerant of just about
anything, except teaching your children at home, German parents who want
to home school have to decide..." European
Human Rights Court Upholds Nazi Ban on Homeschooling
(28 September 2006)
"The ECHR does not protect European citizens against Hitler's laws.
... The EU Court's decision states that the right to education 'by its
very nature calls for regulation by the State.'..." Christians
Patronize Public Schools at Their Children's Peril (11
September 2006)
"[A]dvocates for Christian home education say parents should not
delegate their God-given responsibility to 'raise up a child in the way
he should go' to godless schools with increasingly anti-Christian
curricula..." Constitution
Threatened by Homeschool Case (12
August 2006)
"A couple in Brussels has been threatened with criminal
neglect for schooling their children at home, and a U.S. expert on the
issue told WND the case actually could pose a threat to the sovereignty
of the U.S. constitution..." Brussels
Journal Editor Threatened With Prosecution Over Homeschooling
(15 June 2006)
"Yesterday, my husband Paul Belien, ... was summoned to the
police station and interrogated. He was told that the Belgian
authorities are of the opinion that, as a homeschooler, he has not
adequately educated his children and, hence, is neglecting his duty as a
parent, which is a criminal offence..." The
New World Disorder: U.N. Making Home Schooling Illegal?
(27 May 2006)
"A U.N. treaty conferring rights to children could make home
schooling illegal in the U.S. even though the Senate has not
ratified it, a home schooling association warns. ... The United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child ... places severe limitations on a
parent's right to direct and train their children..."
General
News
Items and Comments
Why Writing By Hand is the Right Way to Learn
(21 January 2011)
"Children who write by hand learn
better than those who use a computer keyboard, scientists say..."
30,000 Pupils Branded as 'Racist' and 'Homophobic'
Bigots: ... Even at Nursery (17 January 2011)
"More than 10,000 primary school
pupils in a single year have been labelled racist or homophobic over
minor squabbles. ... Schools are forced to report their language to
education authorities, which keep a register of incidents..."
Only One Child in Six Gets Five Good GCSEs as
Pupils Switch From Academic Subjects to 'Soft' Courses
(8 January 2011)
"A Labour shake-up in 2004 gave
pupils more scope to study non-academic GCSE equivalents – and these
options have surged in popularity by 3,800 per cent. They include
certificates in personal effectiveness, salon services and preparation
for working life. Education Secretary Michael Gove wants schools to
switch to a so-called ‘English baccalaureate’ comprising English, maths,
a science, history or geography and a language..."
What We Could Learn From the Victorian Classroom
(2 January 2011)
"The class is full of ten-year-old children standing behind the
desks. Their teacher, 'Miss Perkins”, introduces herself and lays out
her expectations. The children are obedient and perfectly behaved..."
Yes, EMA Should be Scrapped - Not to Save Money
but to Save Our Kids (15
December 2010)
"One of the most damning Labour legacies in education is EMA
(Education Maintenance Allowance). When I say the system 'keeps poor
children poor' because of what the 'well-meaning liberal does them',
this is exactly what I mean. We imagine a sea of hobbling children,
desperate to learn, but who instead of going to school are sent to the
workhouses to bring home 20p so that their mothers can buy bread. What
better way to help these poor souls than to provide them with a weekly
allowance that will prevent their evil parents from sending them out to
work in order to feed the family?.."
The Last Week is Proof that Chaos in Our
Classrooms Leads to Chaos on the Streets
(13 December 2010)
"If you should ever ask a young person in parts of the developing
world whether or not the state should pay for them to go to university,
they would likely look at you and wonder what you meant. They do not
have the sense of entitlement that our young people do. ... What do we
teach our children at school? Do we stretch them? Challenge them to
exceed everyone’s expectations? Of course not! We preserve the status
quo. We 'take care' of them. We push them through school, teaching them
the bad habits of swearing, shouting, having little respect for others,
and demanding to have their own way. Sound familiar to what you saw on
TV last week? We look after them with EMA payments, while they prance
around doing little work and end up with a couple of D grades. Then we
push them through to some Minnie-mouse university in the hope that
someone else will look after them. No wonder the students are in shock.
Be responsible for themselves? The concept is completely alien. In fact,
I don’t know why we’re all surprised by some of their behaviour in the
streets. This is how some of them behave in school! Throwing things at
authority, shouting, swearing, spitting, attacking, participating in a
mob-mentality, refusing to do as they are asked, demonstrating a
complete disregard for their fellow human beings. As a teacher, ones
sees this type of behaviour several times a day..."
How Can it be Right That an 11-Year-Old Boy Can
Call Me a F****** Cow, and There's Not a Thing I can Do?
(11 December 2010)
"Last month, an 11-year-old boy
walked late into my class and proceeded to disrupt it so badly that I
could not teach. He threw pencils at his classmates, called out when I
asked him not to, refused to work and disrupted all the other pupils
until finally I had to have him removed from the classroom because he
called me a 'f****** cow'. His actions were totally unprovoked by
anything I had said or done - he said it because he knew he could get
away with it..."
Who Will Speak These Home Truths Now?
(18 October 2010)
"When deputy headteacher Katherine
Birbalsingh took to the podium at the Tory Party conference earlier this
month to speak about schooling, her remarks produced two dramatic
results..."
Teacher Who Attacked School Chaos in Tory Party
Conference Speech is Forced Out
(17 October 2010)
"Katherine Birbalsingh, 37, received a standing ovation for her speech
at the Tory Party Conference two weeks ago in which she revealed the
appalling indiscipline in the nation's classrooms..."
I Won't be Silenced While Our Children are
Betrayed by Schools (8
October 2010)
"The British education system inhabits a land of make-believe. The
public is constantly told that standards are rising, reflected in
annual, record-breaking improvements in exam results. But as a teacher
with more than a decade's experience, I know all this is a grotesque
illusion..."
Ex-Marxist Head Wants to Axe Bad Teachers and
Drive Out the Unions (6
October 2010)
"A deputy headmistress delivered a damning indictment on state schools
yesterday, saying she hoped education reforms would smash teaching
unions..."
Schools
Must Make Pupils Mix With Minorities or Face Sanctions
(16 July 2007)
"[UK s]chools with mainly white pupils could be labelled 'failing'
if they don't encourage children to mix with other races and
religions..." Save
Our Kids From PC 'Cops' (17
March 2007)
"My two little girls have just come crashing into the
kitchen with new dolls that can squeak and gurgle and w** themselves.
Izzy, six, cradled hers carefully, demonstrating how it can coo and
flutter its eyelids. Willow, three, said: 'Mine does squeak too - when I
jump on it. Look.' And she jumped up and down on its stomach while it
squeaked in a slightly stunned way. Under the newly proposed national
curriculum for the under-fives, I'm assuming this would be a fail for
Willow..." Sacrificing
Truth on the Altar of Diversity (31
August 2006)
"You're a publisher of children's textbooks, and you have a
problem. Your diversity guidelines - quotas in all but name - require
you to include pictures of disabled children in your elementary and high
school texts, but it isn't easy to find such children who are willing
and able to pose for a photographer. ... How can you meet your quota?...
Well, you can always do what Houghton Mifflin does..." Critical
Thinking: or, Making Me the Straw Man
(12 May 2006)
"They are one of the biggest
publishers of textbooks in the world, and they wanted to use some of my
writings in one of their products. My first thought was, 'Gee, I'm
coming up in the world.' The second was, 'How do they intend to
use it?' So I asked for a sample. A good thing I
did..."
External
Links
Kjos
Ministries - General
Articles
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Index
| Education
Quotes
"We
hope to provide vital facts ... that will help
you prepare for a global society that shows little tolerance for the
Christian world view. You will find resources that demonstrate and
document: The cultural shift from a Christian to a global paradigm;
The classroom shift from truth, fact and logic to myth, feeling, and
imagination; The growing acceptance of an earth-centered spirituality
and code of ethics ... ; How movies, television
and schools promote this global spirituality; Why the "group
thinking" or "consensus process" taught in schools and
workplaces around the world turn young and old against absolute truth..."
Freedom of Education
"a portal to articles, commentary, and online resources pertaining
to learning, educational and intellectual liberty, youth rights, and the
separation of school and state."
The Cato Institute - Individual Liberty, Free
Markets, and Peace: Center for Educational Freedom
"Cato's
Center for Educational Freedom was founded on the principle
that parents are best suited to make important decisions regarding the
care and education of their children. The Center's scholars seek to
shift the terms of public debate in favor of the fundamental right of
parents and toward a future when state-run schools give way to a
dynamic, independent system of schools competing to meet the needs of
American children."
The Campaign for Real Education
"The
Campaign for Real Education was formed in 1987 to press for higher
standards and more parental choice in state education. It is not
affiliated to any political party and is funded entirely by voluntary
donations. Formed in 1987 by
14 parents and teachers, all of whom were concerned about falling
standards and damaging changes in state education which were being
forced through without any evidence to support them. Since then, the
Campaign has been contacted by thousands of parents, teachers and
academics with similar concerns. We now have a nationwide network of
supporters and important links with like-minded people in other
countries."
No
Greater Joy
"No
Greater Joy is the ministry of Michael & Debi Pearl under the
auspices of No Greater Joy Ministries Inc. Michael has been a pastor,
missionary, and evangelist for 40 years. The Pearls have 5 children, all
homeschooled. They have grown up to become missionaries and church
leaders. Though holding a BS from Crichton College, when Michael is
asked for his credentials on child training he points to his five
children. As goes the child so goes
the future adult—and the future parent. At every moment, parents
holding little children are holding the future. Parenting, the most
important and demanding job in the world comes on us by default. Ready
or not, prepared or ill equipped, all parents produce fruit that lasts
throughout eternity..." No
Greater Joy - Homeschooling Articles
"This is a general section with articles that
pertain to homeschooling or home based education of just about any
type." The
Old Schoolhouse Magazine - Articles
"Here you'll find a treasure trove of articles
hand-picked from past issues of The Old Schoolhouse
magazine."
Education Conversation
"One of the most important decisions you'll
ever make is who will educate your children. Education is not just
learning to read but learning what to think about what you read and how
to choose worthwhile reading material. It's about learning to discern
truth and falsehood in what you read. Education is not just learning the
facts of science but learning why they matter and how to apply them
ethically. Education is not just learning dates and events from history
but learning to apply the lessons of lives well lived and lives poorly
lived - and how to tell the difference. Who will teach your children the
meaning behind the facts?..."
Katharine Birbalsingh
"Katharine Birbalsingh is the teacher who exposed the failings of the
comprehensive school system at the Conservative Party conference this
year. Her speech can be seen
here. She is now looking for a job. Katharine has been teaching in
inner London for over a decade and loves children. This is a
resurrection of her popular blog,
To Miss with Love,..."
Scenes From the Battleground
This blog "is intended to be an honest description of what is going on
in secondary education in this country. The title of this blog indicates
that I genuinely believe that education has become a battleground, or
more accurately several different battlegrounds. Students who don’t want
to study, managers who don’t want to manage, and even teachers who don’t
want to teach are all too common obstructions for anyone that actually
believes children should be learning in our schools. These everyday
obstacles are combined with an entire education system that at every
level doesn’t seem designed for education. For that reason it is often a
fight to get to the point where the kind of teaching and learning, which
would have been taken for granted less than a generation ago, can even
take place. This blog will detail both my personal experience of
fighting the battle to teach and also my take on the system that has
turned our schools into battlegrounds..."
EdWatch: Education For A FREE Nation
"EdWatch.org is full of informative articles, links to radio
interviews, links to newspaper articles, and links to other resource
materials..."
Campus Watch
"Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East
Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with
an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems:
analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship,
intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power
over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of
those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their
words and deeds."
Death From Ritalin: The Truth Behind ADHD
"Parents have concerns about being pressured to diagnose, treat and drug
their child for ADHD, attention deficit. The true story about our Sons
death caused from Ritalin use. There are natural alternative treatments
besides Ritalin..."
Is There A Difference Between Public and Christian
Education?
"Most educators, and far too many
parents, have bought into the myth that education can be
'religion-neutral'. They're convinced that teachers can train the mind
without shaping attitudes, behaviour or spiritual beliefs. The company
line goes something like this: government schools will supply the raw
data - the 'neutral' facts - and parents can add the value system at
home. Here's the problem. Even in schools that try their level best to
achieve academic objectivity - and there are precious few of them - the
goal is never reached, because neutral education is impossible..."
Discover
Christian Schools
Home
Service
48, Heaton Moor Road, Stockport, SK4 4NX, UK. Tel: 0161 432
3782, Website: www.home-service.org
"A growing number of
families are educating their children at home in the UK, and many of
them are Christians, motivated by a desire to bring up their children in
'the nurture and admonition of the Lord'. Many others are
considering such a move, but are uncertain as to its legality and
practicality. ... Home Service is a help and advice organisation
for Christians teaching their children at home..." Preschool
with Ace and Christi
Christian Education Europe, Maranatha House, Unit 5, Northford
Close, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8HL, UK.
Tel: 01793 783783 / 787927, Fax: 01793 783775, Email: cee@christian-education.org
Website: www.christian-education.org
"Every child needs proper
preparation for a successful school experience. Preschool with Ace
and Christi prepares children to learn to read and develop the
physical skills they need for success..." Family
Resources
40, Leivers Close, East Leake, Loughborough, LE12 6PQ, UK. Tel:
01509 854340
"God's
definition of education (i.e. comprehensive education) is the task he
has given to every father in Ephesians 6:4. It involves the whole
of a child's life in his parents' care. This is far more than most
of us envisage when talking about education. ... For us, home education
came about because ... we became convinced that the Bible teaches that
parents are responsible for the education their children
receive..."
Action
for Home Education
"Action for Home
Education (AHEd), an internet-based rights group for England, Wales and
Northern Ireland, launches today [6th January, 2007] in Derby with a
pledge to act to protect the rights of parents and children who wish to
enjoy home-based education without undue state interference, which they
claim has reached an intolerable high and is set to worsen. ...
According to New Labour mantra, every child matters, yet it blatantly
attempts to prescribe the same diet of schooling to every child
regardless of his or her individual needs and wishes. ... AHEd asserts
that EACH CHILD MATTERS individually ... to parents and it is parents
who have the duty to make important educational decisions. But AHEd
members are deeply concerned that current proposals by government
threaten to remove parental responsibility and substitute the state as
arbiter of what is best for children..." HSLDA
- Home School Legal Defense Association
(USA / Canada / with links to HSLDA
sites for 35 further countries)
"Home School Legal Defense Association is a nonprofit
advocacy organization established to defend and advance the
constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their
children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual memberships,
HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together,
providing a strong voice when and where needed. HSLDA advocates
(a) on the legal front, (b) on Capitol Hill, (c) in state legislatures,
(d) in the media, (e) for the movement..." HSLDA
- Home School Legal Defense Association (United
Kingdom)
Details as above.
Education Otherwise
"School is not compulsory - education is. So
what is 'home education'?; do you have to be a teacher?; what about
socialisation?; do you have to take exams?; What is it REALLY like?; can
I do it?..."
The Christian Schools' Trust
"The Christian Schools’ Trust is a group of
independent Christian schools working together aiming towards putting
God back in His rightful place in the centre of the process of
education. There are around 50 member schools who vary greatly in their
profiles and backgrounds but our common vision draws us together in
strong friendships and partnership. Although each school is completely
autonomous in its government we work together through CST in many ways
to enhance the effectiveness of our education.
CST has three broad aims: 1)
To lay foundations of Biblical Christian truth in the area of education,
2) To develop networks that support and strengthen Christian schools of
quality, 3) To serve others by promoting Christian education across the
UK as well as in other nations. You can find out more about What
we do and where our
Member Schools are..."
The Cedars School
"The Cedars School
is a small independent school with a family atmosphere for pupils
between 3 and 16 years of age. It was opened in 1969 to provide
Christ-centred Biblically based education in Rochester, Kent. Our aim
is to equip children with skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes
so that they have a rounded education and are able to take their place
in the world as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Alliance for the Separation of School and State
"We believe parents, and not the state,
should be in charge of their children's education.
That control may take many forms and levels
of involvement, but the state will never be part of the picture.
If this seems like an impossible idea,
consider that 8 million children already learn free of state control.
We're not starting from scratch here. The snowball of educational
independence is already rolling. If you’re a parent, we offer not only
the chance to learn how the government came to control education, but
also ideas, resources and encouragement to help you on your road to
educational freedom, as well as true stories of others who have already
chosen educational freedom. Leaders, friends, relatives, concerned
citizens and freedom lovers will also find lists of ideas, resources and
links to help them as they encourage others to choose independence."
Exodus Mandate
"Exodus Mandate Project is a Christian
ministry to encourage and assist Christian families to leave government
schools for the Promised Land of Christian schools or home schooling. It
is our hope that this fresh obedience in educating our children
according to Biblical mandates will prove to be the key for revival in
our families, churches and nations."
Home Education Network
"Our web site aims to be a one stop shop for
home educators or anyone wishing to find out more about their legal
right to home educate. ... [W]e hope you will find all the information
you need to help you on your Home Educating journey."
Rescue Your Child
"The
purpose of RescueYourChild.com is to inform parents of their God-given
right to avoid sexual indoctrination and other problems in the public
schools by homeschooling or enrolling their children in church schools
or private schools. Our years of researching legislation and
representing parental rights have brought us to the conclusion that
public schools are increasingly violating children's innocence.
RescueYourChild.com and
SaveCalifornia.com
are supportive of
pro-family teachers and administrators in the government school system.
But the chronically dysfunctional public
school system and immoral laws forced on children, teachers and school
districts are unacceptable. Therefore, we are urging parents to act
now to rescue their sons and daughters from the perils of government
schools."
Take Your Kids Out of Public School
"This website is a call, especially to
Christians, to remove your children from the pagan institutions known as
public, or government, schools. Evidence will be given to show how
dangerous these institutions are spiritually, morally, and academically.
If you don’t agree with everything you read here, I encourage you to do
the research yourself and pray about it. If you do agree, I hope you
will take action and begin home “schooling” or enroll your children in a
bible-based private Christian school. ... We started homeschooling in
1994 and have never looked back or questioned that decision. It is a
very freeing experience to be in charge of your children’s education and
not under the rule of the school system. Someone once said that children
were not meant to be raised in herds. God has entrusted each of our
children to us to raise for His glory and His purposes. I pray that you
will not turn them over to a system that has removed all references to
our Creator..."
Sometimes Its Peaceful: Home Education in England:
The Politics
"The System' takes my breath away with its
blatant audacity sometimes: removing our children into full-time daycare
at an ever earlier age, smearing elective home educators as potential
child abusers just because we resist that process, ever-lengthening the
school day and the number of years pupils must spend there - then
campaigning for parental involvement in education! It's a joke,
isn't it?" The
Old Schoolhouse
The Magazine for Homeschool Families
"This full-color, 200-page
quarterly publication can be found across North America and on almost
every other continent too! Each issue of TOS is distributed on
newsstands throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in
Borders and Barnes & Noble. Also, be on the look out because we’re
coming to Christian bookstores soon. In addition, we support
and encourage subscribers and homeschool groups the world over –
copies of journey to South Africa, England, Germany, Australia, Brazil,
Thailand, Japan, China, the Philippines, India and many other lands..."
Materials
Some books/videos/DVDs we would
especially recommend:
Brave
New Schools:
Guiding Your Child Through the Dangers
of the Changing School System
"Parents have every
reason to ask serious questions about the state of their children's
education. Instead of academics, schools today are aiming squarely
at another goal - preparing children to become part of a global
community ... and a global spirituality. With concrete examples
from public [state] school material, [the author] demonstrates how myths,
feelings, and imagination have replaced facts, logic, and history in out
classrooms. This book will equip you to: (a)
recognize dangerous teaching methods and content; (b) understand the
national computer monitoring system; (c) help your child resist the
seductive myths and misinformation; (d) communicate your valid concerns
to teachers and administrators; (e) discover the inner workings of the
new educational system. You can make a positive difference in your
children's education. This book will show you how."
http://www.crossroad.to/text/1-books.htm
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
The Underground History
of American Education
"The shocking possibility that
dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of
careers devoted to tending them will seem incredible to you. Yet that is
my central proposition: the mass dumbness which justifies official
schooling first had to be dreamed of; it isn't real." This book
"will take you on a journey into the background, philosophy, psychology,
politics, and purposes of compulsion schooling."
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
Censorship: Evidence of Bias in Our Children's
Textbooks
"In 1983 [this author] systematically examined ninety widely
used elementary social studies texts, high school history texts, and
elementary readers to answer the questions: Are public [state] school
textbooks biased? Are they censored? ... [This book] lays out the facts
for anyone concerned about the future of the next generation. More than
that, it serves as a handbook for parents, educators, and others who
want to do something about it."
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
Why Johnny STILL Can't Read
"For fifty years the vast majority of American schoolchildren
have been taught to read by the look-and-say method rather than by
traditional phonics. Because of it, says [this author], the majority of
today's American adults are handicapped readers. ... His wide-ranging
research shows how educators have conducted a continuing defense of this
teaching method despite hundreds of scientific studies proving its
ineffectiveness. ... this book is must reading for parents, educators,
administrators, and public officials."
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
How to Tutor: How to Teach Phonics, Arithmetic
and Handwriting
"The failures of the public [state] school system are all
around us: functional illiteracy, no discipline, hatred of study. [The
author] witnessed these failures first-hand as a public [state] school
teacher. .. [In this book] he shows how parents - teachers - can prevent
educational disaster before it happens to their own children. ... [The
author] provides parents and teachers with a complete instructional
program: step-by-step lesson plans in the three Rs."
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
Sex Education or Indoctrination? How Ideology
Has Triumphed Over Facts
"During the late 1960s and early 1970s, a network of
government-funded pressure groups began to pursue an agenda covering
eugenics, population control, sexual and family law reform, sex and
health education, and children's rights. ... The most insidious 'reform'
has been the elimination of parents from decisions that vitally affect
their children's lives. ... [This] can only be understood in terms of
the ideology embraced by those who wish to subvert the family by
replacing parental influence with the authority of the state."
famyouth.org.uk
amazon.co.uk
usedbooksearch
Preparing Children for School and Life
"No teacher can teach on any subject without at times giving
a viewpoint on moral and spiritual matters. Every person knows what he
thinks is right and wrong and has a basis for thinking so. Also, every
person has the desire, more or less, to defend that position. ...
[Teachers] cannot help but influence the thinking of children. ...
Whether [they] do it consciously or unconsciously [they do] it."
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
All Must Have Prizes
This book "charts the flight from
literacy and knowledge that has taken place in Britain's education
system from its nursery schools to universities. [The author] explains
how the relationships between teachers and pupils, parents and children
have been undermined. For many people, teaching a body of rules - in
maths, grammar or family relationships - has become taboo. Systematic
teaching has given way to subjectivity, approximation and guesswork. The
result has been a rising tide of illiteracy and ignorance, a battered
teaching profession and parents under siege."
amazon.co.uk
amazon.com
usedbooksearch
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