Brave New Schools

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Summary: A must read for truth seekers.
Review: As a public high school teacher in Minnesota, I am involved with the Profile of Learning performance packages. The Profile packages are Minnesota's answer to getting Goals 2000 funding. The Profiles do emphasize training over education and process over content and have resulted in an educational system that is inefficient, immeasurable, and expensive. However, a book such as Berit Kjos has written has the potential to do more harm than good to those of us who are working with our government officials to eliminate the Profiles. The "fear techniques" used in the book just by the selection of chapter titles ("The International Agenda, "Establishing a Global Spirituality," "Saving the Earth," etc) puts opposition to Goals 2000 into the extreme fringe of political thought. There are important intelligent arguments against Goals 2000 and their effect on public education in America. "Brave New Schools" does not add reason to the debate.

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Summary: Berit's book is the best!
Review: Having been a teacher in South Africa for seventeen years, as well as vice principal of a children's home for more than six years, I love our youngsters with all my heart! I therefore have read many books on education, but never have I come across any book as magnificent as "Brave New Schools" by Berit Kjos! On the one hand, she doesn't hesitate to expose the very real and vicious attacks on our innocent youth for what it is: An all-out effort of Satan to destroy their lives and let them end up in hell! On the other hand, her brilliant book is one great praise to the One who gave His life for us and who said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them."

To everyone with a truly "open mind", it should be obvious that this excellent book was written by someone driven by the love of Jesus Christ. If you really love your child, please READ "Brave New Schools" by Berit Kjos!

"If your god is dead, take mine: Jesus Christ lives!"

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Summary: Indoctrination...
Review: I find a statment made be a previous reviewer interesting:

"She fails to see that the true purpose of education is not to tell people what to think, but HOW to think."

Kjos points out that the schools systems Are doing just that... telling students WHAT to think. She shows, through real life examples, how teachers, who have been "trained" to indoctrinate children with New Age "values", show students how to turn away from any trace of moral upbringing.

Kids are left feeling that their parents are wrong and can't be trusted and what the school system says is the correct way.

You wonder why there is so much rebellion in the youth today?

There ya go.

There is also a section describing in detail what teachers are taught and a very enlightening section on a visit to a facility where the training materials come from.

If you want the knowledge to protect your children, get this book and you will be armed.

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Summary: Indoctrination...
Review: I find a statment made be a previous reviewer interesting:

"She fails to see that the true purpose of education is not to tell people what to think, but HOW to think."

Kjos points out that the schools systems Are doing just that... telling students WHAT to think. She shows, through real life examples, how teachers, who have been "trained" to indoctrinate children with New Age "values", show students how to turn away from any trace of moral upbringing.

Kids are left feeling that their parents are wrong and can't be trusted and what the school system says is the correct way.

You wonder why there is so much rebellion in the youth today?

There ya go.

There is also a section describing in detail what teachers are taught and a very enlightening section on a visit to a facility where the training materials come from.

If you want the knowledge to protect your children, get this book and you will be armed.

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Summary: GR8 info. Berit Kjos has a SERIOUS message, believers!
Review: I really liked this book and the info totally correlates to 2 other books I read on the same subject. Should b required Parental reading before school enrollment.

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Summary: GR8 info. Berit Kjos has a SERIOUS message, believers!
Review: Packed full of superb references, Christian based, it gives the reader a little realized look at the government and school system. It's scary- not the book, but the facts against our nation's education system! I homeschool my daughter.

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Summary: The truth is responsibly told here, and with painful honesty
Review: Teachers, parents, students, or other Americans (that can read), will find this well-documented research gives facts about education reform without a candy-coated spin. It helps explain HOW and WHY our school system is now producing minds that give many observant and caring people cause for great concern. Much hard work, time, travelling to international meetings and other in-depth research has been combined into this honest presentation. If you love the idea of freedom, read this. Thanks to the author for not charging enough for her valuable book. It is the best on the subject with wider coverage of causal conditions than most others have offered. It's a wake-up call to America!

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Summary: A perfect reason why people need to just shut up.
Review: This book is one of many new books heralding a call for parents to once again take control of their children's education, instead of handing them over to over-professionalized educrats, who get their orders from the U.S. Dept of Education. To say Goals 2000 is subject to criticism is putting it mildly; I'd say it is a disaster for kids and families, and is not supported by a lot of teachers. Opposition to it is justified, and becoming more and more widespread. Parents, how much do you know about it? Another book that explains it in great detail is Cathy Duffy's "Government Nannies: The Cradle to Grave Agenda of Goals 2000 and Outcome Based Education." Do you want your child to be given psychological tests that ask probing, personal questions about his home life, sexual fantasies and parents without your permission?(My neighbor's child was subjected to such a test). Do you think sex education should start in kindergarten? Do you want your child to be labeled a bigot because he doesn't have the "right" attitude about homosexuality? If these things are perfectly fine with you, then sign up your child at the public school nearest you. What I want to know is why, if religion in the schools is unconstitutional, why are anti-religious kinds of moral stances allowed to be "taught"? Schools are just not what they used to be, and parents have basically no control. I have raised two kids in the public schools, but I refuse to send my third little one. I have already run into too many unexpected, bizarre problems, like teachers who teach no math, no science, no English, and no P.E., but can't be fired, because "it would cost the school system too much." When I wanted to take my daughter out of this bad teacher's class, I was given a huge hassle, and was told, "your daughter's just going to have a bad teacher some years." And this was one of the better schools, in one of the better suburbs, mind you. I have come to the conclusion that the only answer is for parents to take their kids out of public schools, and find safe alternatives. They can't wait for the big political battles to be fought. How many more school shootings, culture wars, lawsuits, illiterate graduates, $10,000/year per student price tags, and unauthorized gynecological tests on 11-year-olds will it take before people realize that the monopolistic, government-funded system is outdated, failing, and should be replaced? The same kind of school is just not for everyone; the opposite of what Goals 2000 assumes. For another good read, read "Market Education: The Unknown History" by Andrew Coulson. It outlines private versus public education in history and compares and contrasts, highlighting the advantages of private education. Another good one is "Separating School and State" by Sheldon Richman. As painful as it may be to some, it is time to renew America by getting the government out of education, and freeing up the tremendous creative resources out there that can do a much better job at a lower cost. Let's go with social entrepeneurship instead of social engineering. Parents! Take back your right to safeguard your children and choose what you think is best for them.