Is Karl Marx in Government Schools?
by Kathy Brown on May 28th, 2009 | 0 comments
Karl Marx published the Communist Manifesto in 1848. In it, he contends that class struggle is the reason for the world's problems; thus, competition should be eliminated. Communism is based on atheism and materialism. The decision-maker in the system is the authority of the government.
It doesn't take too much examination to figure out that the ideas of Karl Marx have drifted into our concept of education.
(1) The concept of competition has definitely been thwarted (see blog on "Who is the National Education Association?")
(2) Originally, Americans educated their children locally. The New England Primer was the first textbook ever printed in America (Boston 1690). Until 1900, it was the primary text from which students learned to read. Although the cover page might change, it always contained the "Rhyming Alphabet". Here is how it began:
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A--In Adam's fall, we sinned all
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B--Heaven to find, the Bible mind
- C--Christ crucified, for sinners died
Under the guise of "neutrality", God has been purged from public school curriculum and tax dollars are not allowed to fund any so-called "religious" school. By default (Foundational Presupposition Chart), Secular Humanism (including atheism) results. This assumes a materialist view of the world.
(3) Is there any doubt that government controls the education of America? In order to escape its grasp, parents must buy their way out (fund schools they don't use and pay for schools they do want)! The standards and scope of what children should and shouldn't know is determined not by parents, but by government. Even in states with vouchers, like Ohio, the vouchers can only go to "approved" schools.
Does Marxism creep around our system of education? Or has it boldly stomped right in?
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