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Public Schools BewareBy Wendy Day, Section News
Economics for the Common Good
If the title of this lesson gives you pause, you are not alone. This is just one of the course offerings from Creative Change, a group based out of Ypsilanti. The entire curriculum offered by this consulting organization is centered on the social-progressive play book. The mission of this group: Our mission is to provide and promote innovative education that helps create a sustainable world: a healthy environment, a fair economy, and a just and equitable society for future generations.
What do they think is a "fair" economy? How far do we go to institute a "healthy environment"? They discuss with students things like NAFTA, the World Trade Organization, global warming, and of course, poverty and racism. These issues may be worthy of academic study, but this organization is giving a one-sided presentation that many parents may not agree with. One of the chief supporters of this program is the United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project. According to a document used to sell this program in Bloomfield Hills, "At the international level, the United Nations has declared 2005-2015 the Decade of Education for Sustainability, a move that will bring resources and attention to the field." Among the goals of sustainability development is, "...and achieve a more equitable distribution of resources and power". Is this being taught in a district near you?
Abraham Lincoln said that the philosophy of the school house in this generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next. With that in mind, check out what Creative Change is teaching:
Fifth grade students will learn about NAFTA. Here is an example of the kinds of projects they do:
"Why am I smiling? Talking Back to Ads See the comic here:http://www.creativechange.net/examples/ex_k12/econ_ads.htm For 6th grade, language arts students will: "Watch television and/or skim through magazines, writing down and/or cutting out any advertisements that seem to encourage anthropocentric, hierarchical, individualistic, dominating behavior or thinking."
If you haven't heard of anthropocentric thinking before, here is the definition: The underlying theme is that humans are no more important than plants and animals. We have heard that argument before somewhere. This program is being used in the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency, and Ann Arbor Public Schools. Recently the Bloomfield Hills School Board voted to add the program to their curriculum. If you are concerned about this program, please read more about it at www.creativechange.net. Then contact your local School Board and find out if they are using this program or plan to. Let them know your concerns. If we don't stand up now, to make sure our kids get a balanced and rational education, the we may be looking at a very different country in 50-years.
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