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American Education Fails Because It Isn’t Education

The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries.

Twenty years ago the U.S. ranked first in the world…

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"CIVIL EDUCATION" The New Fad To Train Your Child To Work In A Soup Kitchen!

After Hillary is through singing to your babies, you will be able to send them into the school house of the future. Here, they will enter a program that links schools with communities and social services – all part of

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Destroying America from Inside the Classroom

February 22, 2010

By Tom DeWeese

I have reported many times in the pages of the DeWeese Report about how public school classrooms are being used, not for the teaching of academic knowledge, but for behavior modification to change the…

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Why is Public Education Failing?

December 17, 2007

By Tom DeWeese

It’s a fact. Most of today’s school children can barely read or write. They can’t perform math problems without a calculator. They barely know who the Founding Fathers were and know even less

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American Education Fails Because It Isn’t Education

December 7, 2007

By Tom DeWeese

The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries.

Twenty years

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Critical Thinking: or Making Me the Straw Man

May 10, 2006

By Tom DeWeese

They are one of the biggest publishers of textbooks in the world, and they wanted to use some of my writings in one of their products. My first thought was, “Gee, I’m coming up

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Why We Need "The Freedom In Education Act"

December 12, 2005

By Tom DeWeese

Your elected representatives in Congress deny that this nation has a mandatory federal education curriculum. Congress hides the fact behind the historic arrangement of state and local control of schools. The federal government

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It Takes a Village to Destroy a Child

November 8, 2005

By Tom DeWeese

In the old days, children were warned not to smoke because it would stunt their growth. Apparently the same warning can now be issued on Ritalin. Researchers at the University of Sydney have

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Is Your Church Teaching Pagan Earth Worship In Sunday School?

January 17, 2005

By Tom DeWeese

Many parents have sought to protect their children from the behavior-modification programs that have taken the place of academic education in public schools. To escape the assault of Outcome-Based Education (OBE), multi-culturalism, and workforce

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UN Poisoning US Education with Our Tax Dollars

March 19, 2004

By Tom DeWeese

The Bush administration’s schizophrenic relationship with the United Nations continues unabated. It is dazzling to watch one part of the administration rebuke the UN for failing to respond to the threats of dictatorships to

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