Social engineering at Minnesota public schools

This is where public education is or where it is heading. Read this whole article - fascinating and scary. Hopefully, the parents can stop this before it goes into effect next year. I'm not betting on it.

"I am so happy you graduated that I'm now in jail!"

Here's to hoping that DLHS never has to resort to this - click here.

Maybe your kids shouldn't have a cell phone camera . . .

Scary trend . . .click here.

Coming soon to a public high school near you . . .

A new textbook is being used in 38 states at 180 high schools. It's called The Bible and its Influence. Sounds good, right? In actuality, it is a textbook that treats the Bible not as the word of God, but as a book to be challenged, criticized, and brought into line with a non-Christian, secular, morally relativistic worldview. I cannot find a better example of "you either educate your children with Jesus Christ or they will be educated against Him."

Here's a couple of articles on the the topic: Read this and then THIS!!

The Lutheran Song . . .

No differentiation as to what kind of Lutherans, but nevertheless very funny (thanks to Brother Hellmers for finding this) . . . click here.

California decision and the culture war

If you've been keeping up with supreme court decision in California to allow gay marriage and wondering, "What will that mean for our society? (And public schools?)" - this article is a must read.

The future of American education . . .

Great article about the future of American education - click HERE.

How many?

Definitely not a DLHS graduate . . . check this out.

GSA clubs at the public high schools . . .

Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs at the high schools that many of our Christian kids go to:
Green Mountain, Wheat Ridge (click here and scroll down if you don't believe me), Lakewood (they call theirs a "Diversity Club.") - even Ralston Valley High School (there's is called "Pride in the Valley" according to the GLSEN website).

For a full list of the high schools that have one of these students clubs that are backed by GLSEN - click here.

"Not at my local high school!" - maybe that argument can now be put to rest.

"ISSUES in Christian Education" article . . .

Concordia University Nebraska just published its Spring 2008 - ISSUES in Christian Education magazine. Here's the preview of the issue from the CUNE website. To read the editorials (including one from a local Lutheran high school principal), click here and go to page 3 of the PDF.

Is the fix in?

Found this fascinating article about California college admissions and kids from Christian schools that use Christian-based textbooks - I have often wondered if it was only a matter of time before this started happening. I'll keep an eye on this story and look for follow-ups. The lawsuit took place in 2005, but I can't find what ever happened with it.

Yikes - not a good idea.

Be careful where you send your kids to college.

Colorado Education Association

For those of you that are more politically minded: check out the "political advice" given by the Colorado Education Association (a branch of the National Education Association) on their website - coloradoea.org. This is the organization that promotes public schools and supports (unionizes) teachers. I especially like the universal health care comparison - truly a pressing issue in education.

Christians can't use the bus . . .

Interesting and silly article about a public high school in Louisianna that denied the use of the school bus to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club. Nothing a little lawsuit can't fix . . . read here.

The Harsh Truth about Public Schools

Just finished a great read, The Harsh Truth about Public Schools, a book by Bruce Shortt. It calls for Christian parents to "stop sending your kids to be educated in the pagan seminaries that are government schools." It's definitely hard-hitting, but documented and footnoted with extreme accuracy. It's definitely a reformed theological approach - but if you believe that school shapes worldview, you'll want to read this book. I've listed the amazon listing here.