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NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education

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This book was an incredible eye opener for me. I as a public school student knew that my fellow students and I were being indoctrinated into the anti-capitolist, socialist views of educators. I made a comment about socialism in class and I wash shocked to hear what my teacher said "Socialism isn't bad, it's great". The comment confirmed my worst fears and everything said in Blumenfeld's book, socialist are using the public schools to turn America into a socialist nation. Read the book, it will change your view of education forever.

For those wondering I am a sophomore in high school.

Samuel Blumenfeld indicts the Progressive education cabal by using their very own words to expose their leftist/radical agenda. You will never look at Dewey and his disciples in the National Education Association the same way again. Blumenfeld is a meticulous researcher who blows the cover on the socialist policy-makers who control American public education today. He is to education what Malachi Martin is to the Catholic Church: a brilliant, erudite iconoclast who despises Marxist deception. Alarming, unsettling, provocative, and hard-hitting. Every patriotic American should read this book.

Blumenfeld condemns the NEA using their own words. One has to read this book to really understand why education is in the terrible shape it is in this country.

For me, the most valuable part of the book is the history of the philosophy of American "public" education. Sam traces the origins of american government education from Bismark's Germany through Hegelian philosophical influences, Horace Mann, the Know Nothing movement, and Deweyian pragmatism and the pervasive behaviorism that began with Pavlov in the early 1900s.

If after you read this you don't pick up your children and run from you local government kiddie kennel, then you're already dead.

I'm a teacher and I read this book years ago, shortly after it first came out. At that time I was working in a school system that required either joining the NEA or paying almost the exact same amount of money to it and not having a say in it. For two years, I mindlessly paid my dues and was a member. Then, I decided to read the material I had been given by the NEA. It was a 75-page, very fine print 8 1/2 x 11" book(let). I read every word of it and was amazed at some of the thing the NEA was supporting. Then I heard about this book on a radio program and when I read it, I saw that this man was pointing out the very things I had already seen.

The NEA is not a harmless group that merely wants the best for the education of our children. The changes that are happening in education are part of an overall agenda and that agenda is NOT to produce the most intelligent and well-educated children we can.

If you are an educator today, please read this book! Don't give your money mindlessly to this organization. You expect your students to research their facts and you need to do the same yourself. You owe it to yourself and the children you teach. Joining the NEA is NOT the best way to educate our youth!

This author has excellent documentation for what he says. It is well worth your time to read. Even though it was originally published in the 80's, the NEA has only gotten worse. (Did you know the NEA was sued a couple of years ago for misappropriation of funds?)

Once you read this, you'll wonder how intelligent people like teachers have been duped into thinking this is only a pro-education group. (Did you know teachers are now referred to as "agents of change"? After reading this book, you'll know why.)

Anyone who is knowledgeable about the modern homeschooling movement in the United States should be familiar with the name of Sam Blumenfeld, a long-time supporter of homeschooling. For many years, he has written a regular column in Practical Homeschooling published by Mary Pride, and has authored several books related to the subjects of education and homeschooling. In his preface to the 2011 Edition of N. E. A.: Trojan Horse, Blumenfeld wrote, "Although this book was first published in 1984, everything in it is as relevant today as when it was first published. If anything, the NEA has simply moved even further to the left than it was back them. It has simply adopted all of the politically correct trends of the far left. The history behind all of this has not changed. Thus, the NEA's influence in American education as a force of the left is still a fact that parents of children in the public schools must deal with."
The 21 chapters of the book are divided into five main sections: the history of public education, the creation of an educational establishment, its war against the independent mind, its use of political force, and its push for total power. The book is heavily footnoted to substantiate all the claims that are made. I have the original edition, but I understand that the new edition has some updated information, such as the NEA top attorney Bob Channin's 2009 NEA Representative Assembly speech in San Diego, CA, stating in effect that the interests of the NEA members came ahead of the interest of the kids.

As scary as the facts are in this book, I guess I'm really not too surprised by anything except how long this has been going on. This provides the answers to a lot of questions I've had about so many of the bizarre happenings in this country. If you never read another book READ THIS ONE! Our freedoms are being taken away inch by inch, so slowly that we haven't really noticed. Check the backgrounds of our judges, our legislators, lawyers etc. These people have all come from the colleges and universities spouting this propaganda!
The information in this book needs to be brought before the American people as quickly as possible. Write your legislators, contact those who have the power to reach the people of this Nation in large numbers. Hold your children's teacher's and the school district responsible for their actions and what they teach. Confront the Trojan Horse!
If you have the means to enroll your children in a private school, do so and make sure the school they're leaving knows why you're doing it.
Confront those around you who spout the socialist propaganda. They need to be brought into the light so all America can see them for what they are. Pray for this country. We're under seige!

This book answered many questions that I had about American public education. It discusses how the original purpose of the public school was to promote socialism; the history and philosophy of the "look-say" method of reading, which actually induces artificial dyslexia; and how the agenda of the NEA threatens our freedom. It's shocking, bold, and well-researched. Everyone in America needs to read this.

For me, the most valuable part of the book is the history of the philosophy of American "public" education. Sam traces the origins of american government education from Bismark's Germany through Hegelian philosophical influences, Horace Mann, the Know Nothing movement, and Deweyian pragmatism and the pervasive behaviorism that began with Pavlov in the early 1900s.

If after you read this you don't pick up your children and run from you local government kiddie kennel, then you're already dead.

For the inquiring minds! Please, please, please READ this book! If you don't understand why our country has gone downhill in this century, and REALLY want to understand ...its because your neighbor can't read. Please read this book and then get out there and teach your neighbor to read. Get the Phonics Rules, the key to our English language. If a person can't read, they are vulnerable to ANY propoganda! Whose propaganda do we want our children to LISTEN to? Welfare and extreme poverty is a direct result, in this country, to our high illiteracy rate. This book explains the how and why of the removal of Phonics from our government schools. "If you can't read, or are a poor reader, the BIBLE is the last book you will pick up!" The Bible has some pretty great standards of conduct! Even if you aren't a Christian, this book explains so much--more than you even thought you'd want to know! Take notes, it helps keep the people straight.