"Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself" - Thomas Jefferson

What Are My Children Learning?

There are many organizations that are studying this issue. One of these is the Thomas B. Fordham Institute right in HFA's own headquarters city of Dayton, Ohio. This institute has done some extensive research and studies on what are children are learning and how their textbooks and learning experiences have deteriorated. We have compiled some of this information for you.

We welcome your comments and questions on this issue.

What Are Children Learning? Who Decides
http://www.edreform.com/_upload/textbook.pdf
This is a very informative study you can download. Every mother should know this. In fact, every citizen should know this.

The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption
http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=335
You will not want to miss this article. It is astounding.

A Consumer's Guide to High School History Textbooks
http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=329
This is an excellent resource.

The nine assumptions of modern schooling
http://honestedu.org/edlib/v1n3/gatto.php

The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher
http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html

Effective State Standards for U.S. History: A 2003 Report Card
http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=320
Is there any subject as disheveled, distorted and dysfunctional as social studies? As part of our continuing effort to revitalize the subject of social studies, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute offers Effective State Standards for U.S. History: A 2003 Report Card. This groundbreaking and comprehensive state-by-state analysis of K-12 education standards in U.S. history was prepared by Sheldon Stern, historian at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston for more than 20 years. It evaluates U.S. history standards in 48 states and the District of Columbia on comprehensive historical content, sequential development, and balance.

The State of State Math Standards 2005
http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=338

The State by State English Standards 2005
http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=337

QUESTIONS
Is Social Propaganda being promoted in public Schools?

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