The
more I read the more disturbed I become. This note provides a case in
point. Most Americans absolutely believe that a good education
is vitally important to us, our children and grandchildren, and our
nation. However, in their zeal to pursue their specific objectives the
liberal/progressive political/educational establishment is doing all of
us, themselves included, a gross disservice. Here are a few
random examples which make the point.
1.
You will recall the hype that followed implementation of the
sequester. As this article notes, in a television interview shortly
after its enactment Secretary of Education Duncan made a claim that he
was unable to later substantiate warning that teachers were getting pink
slips and more would follow. Education as we know it would come to a
halt. Here is a quote that makes Duncan's remarks border on the
ridiculous: "From 1970 to 2010, student enrollment in the nation’s
public schools increased by only 7.8 percent. The number of teachers,
however, increased by 60 percent." Could one interpret those numbers to
mean that maybe some of those teachers should be laid off? The article
continues: 'Twenty-one 'Top-Heavy States’ employ fewer teachers than
other non-teaching personnel,' according to a new report by the Friedman
Foundation for Educational Choice that focuses on the worst offenders.
'Thus, those 21 states have more administrators and other non-teaching
staff on the public payroll than teachers. Virginia ‘leads the way’ with
60,737 more administrators and other non-teaching staff than teachers
in its public schools.” Can you believe that? And I am sure you also
remember the education establishment's mantra that schools need more
money. What? To pay for more administrators? To collect more union
dues? For sure if any lay-offs were to become necessary, bloated
administrative staffs should be the first to go. Check the link. http://townhall.com/columnists/edfeulner/2013/03/09/a-lesson-in-education-hyperbole-n1529333?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
2. If
you have not already seen or read about this item, sit down please. A
Tulane University professor has publicly made the following
proclamation: “We have never
invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve
always had a private notion of children, your kid is yours and totally
your responsibility. We haven’t had a very collective notion of these
are our children. So part of it is we have to break through our kind of
private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their
families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities." So,
according to her, our children do not belong to us they, instead,
belong to communities, ie; governments. This is remanisant of Hillary
Clinton's It Takes A Village. Anyone who is familiar with the
views of Marx and Engles will recognize this as being a distinctly
communist view. No parent I know thinks they "own" their children but
they absolutely do know that the government doesn't. This woman either
does not know her facts or she knowingly lies...we are at or near the
top of the list of advanced nations in our investment in educating our
children. But we are in the middle of the pack in educational
achievements. The far left wing MSNBC cable channel has seen fit
to give her a platform to spout her radical views. Remember, she is a
vaunted professor, so her views must be right. Right? Not!!! See
these links :http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/melissa-harris-perry-says-your-kids-belong-to-whole-communities/ and http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/04/07/MSNBC-Host-Says-Children-Belong-To-The-Community-Not-Their-Parents
3.
Talking about professors, lets consider another one. This one may be a
bit hard to swallow but bear with me. Dr. William Ayers, a retired
professor of education at the University of Chicago, has what can only
be considered a very dark history. Nonetheless, it was in Dr. Ayers
house that President Obama's political career was launched. Ayers
himself confirms this as fact. Regarding his relationship with Obama
here is what he told the Daily Beast during a recent
interview: “We were friendly, that was true; we served on a couple of
boards together, that was true; he held a fundraiser in our living room,
that was true; Michelle [Obama] and Bernardine [Ayers' wife] were at
the law firm together, that was true. Hyde Park in Chicago is a tiny
neighborhood, so when he said I was ‘a guy around the neighborhood,’
that was true.” Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/bill-ayers-confirms-what-obama-has-denied/#E4vEL1BXR8UgSu1F.99
Let's get an even better understanding of Ayers' background and what
must be the nature of his ongoing influence in developing Obama's
educational policies/programs. Here is a quote from the next link:
"Working behind the scenes, implementing these [Common Core - more
below] policies and writing the standards are associates from President
Obama’s community organizing days. In de facto control of the education
component is Linda Darling-Hammond, a radical left-wing educator and
close colleague of William “Bill” Ayers, the former leader of the
communist terrorist Weather Underground who became a professor of
education and friend of Obama’s." Afraid of the political consequences
of admitting to an association with Ayers, prior to his election in 2008
Obama insisted that he barely knew Ayers - that was a lie. Further
confirmation of the relationship between Obama and Ayers is provided in
this quote from the link: "The two had worked together closely from the
year Ayers hosted a political launch party for Obama, in 1995, to 2002.
At the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, “the brainchild of Bill Ayers,”
they funneled more that $100 million to radical groups like ACORN and
Gamaliel, which used the funds to promote radical education.[i] This initiative was also promoted by Arne Duncan,
now Secretary of Education. Also as board members of the Woods Fund,
Ayers and Obama channeled money to ACORN and the Midwest Academy.[ii]"
There is much more that should concern you about the direction Obama
with Ayers' help are taking American education. Read further details
here: http://www.aim.org/special-report/terrorist-professor-bill-ayers-and-obamas-federal-school-curriculum/
4.
Common Core is a little known and little understood initiative that has
Ayers' fingerprints all over it. Just what is Common Core? This lift
from a previous link will help. "Three years after the Department of
Education announced a contest called Race-to-the-Top for $4.35 billion
in stimulus funds, some parents, teachers, governors, and citizen and
public policy groups are coming to an awful realization about the likely
outcomes:
- A national curriculum called Common Core
- Regionalism, or the replacement of local governments by federally appointed bureaucrats
- A leveling of all schools to one, low national standard, and a redistribution of education funds among school districts
- An effective federal tracking of all students
- The loss of the option of avoiding the national curriculum and tests through private school and home school"
While there are differing views
about Common Core a growing number of citizens are increasingly
concerned. It has the hallmarks of a federal government attempt to
seize control of and administer America's school system from a
centralized and demonstratively inefficient and ineffective bureaucracy,
the Department of Education. Here are a few links that will help you
understand the reasons for alarm: http://townhall.com/columnists/marygrabar/2013/04/05/common-core-when-radicals-defend-standards-n1558219?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl and http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/344897/why-there-s-backlash-against-common-core-lindsey-m-burke and this one helps teachers learn how to teach Common Core http://townhall.com/columnists/marygrabar/2013/04/01/dissident-prof-dispatch-common-core-teaching-demonstrating-a-crucifixion-n1554578?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl and this one shows how the UN is involved in American education and the implications of their involvement http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/03/common-core-standards-the-un-has-penetrated-americas-public-school-system-supporting-videos-2600842.html and this one extends discussion of UN envolvement and its socialistic principles
For
anyone just itching to learn more about where the
liberal/progressive far left establishment is taking our education
system, the below links are provided for you perusal. Please share this
note with others...we must not let what we now know is happening right
before our eyes to continue. Nice sounding words from those in charge
hide the truth of the nefarious deeds they weave while far too many of
us sleep. Please wake up as many as you can and join the fight to stop
this tragedy.
George Burns
1 comment:
Quite a lot of valuable information and resources, thanks for sharing. And I have to agree, they are doing everything to ruin education system. The cost of tuition keeps grooving and students have to take enormous loans. of course it’s easier when your parents are ready to pay your college expenses and you can get custom essay writing online to have high grades. While talented but poor students have to give up on higher education and look for a job, it’s absurd. I really hope it will change soon enough, we need proper education and qualified graduates.
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