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As millions of children return to public schools, it’s a good idea to reconsider what they’re being taught and what they’re ignoring. It also provides an annual opportunity for parents to ask if their children are being educated or brainwashed.
Participants at the National Education Association’s recent convention in Orlando, Fla., reportedly waved rainbow signs and proclaimed “freedom to teach” and “freedom to learn.” Demonstrators are protesting parents’ concerns that the content contained in certain books is considered pornography, and this opposition has branded them as “book flags.” It’s strange that “academic freedom” introduces books that promote behaviors and ideas that many parents object to, but “censorship” is against it.
The NEA adopted two amendments in favor of women’s “reproductive rights.” “Forced motherhood is the enslavement of women,” said the Second Amendment. Is this suitable for pre-adolescents, or students of all ages? They also approved measures in support of “asylum for all”.
How does this help prepare children to compete with China and other countries in math, reading and science?
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it’s not. The New York Times reported last October: “In most states and nearly all demographic groups, U.S. students experience troubling setbacks in both mathematics and reading. The National Progress Report (NAEP), known as the National Report Card, tested a broad sample of fourth and eighth graders and dates back to the early 1990s. “
Part of the decline has been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, but as the NAEP points out, the trend has been trending downward for years.
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It wasn’t always like this. World magazine columnist Joel Beltz recalled in 2006 a 1924 educational pamphlet designed to get eighth graders into high school. The book had the long title, “Stevenson’s Iowa 8th Grade Exam Papers.” Belz believes most high school seniors today will find this question difficult.
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They also contain arithmetic. “A wall that is 77 feet long, 6.5 feet high, and 14 inches thick is made of bricks that cost $9 per square foot. If 22 bricks are enough to make a cubic foot wall, , what is the total cost of bricks?”
Grammar: “Define five of the following terms: antecedent, tense, object, conjugation, auxiliary verb, curse, and reflexive pronoun.”
Civil Administration: “Name three townships, three counties, and three state officials and state what office each holds…”
I’m sure there aren’t many students who can say the name of their own member of parliament, let alone a local government employee.
Other categories include geography, physiology (“starting with the food in your mouth, tracing the process of digestion, naming the juices mixed with the food and the consequences. Why is it dangerous to your health?)” was. community?”), history, music, and reading. These were underpinned by daily Stars and Stripes salutes and other expressions of patriotism.
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Who decided that these subjects and practices were unnecessary for a well-rounded education and for preparing children to be good citizens and to live prosperous and healthy lives? Is it the faculty unions and other activists who see schools not as places to educate the next generation, but as centers to indoctrinate a secular, progressive worldview?
Some parents are starting to move away from public schools. More and more people are homeschooling their children or taking advantage of school choice programs.
Let the rest of us kick them out now while we can save their hearts, minds and country.
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