News: Move toward GLobal Education

[KayDeeAy]

Learning globally (oops, forgot to write "news" in title per WB rules)

By George Archibald

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Bush administration has begun issuing grants to help spread a United Nations-sponsored school program that aims to become a "universal curriculum" for teaching global citizenship, peace studies and equality of world cultures.

The goal is to devise a curriculum to teach "a set of culturally neutral universal values to which all people aspire," based on human rights, equality of the sexes and "open-mindedness to change and obligation to environmental protection and sustainable development."

The U.S. Education Department has issued its first $1.2 million grant to implement the European-based International Baccalaureate (IB) program in middle schools that are to become "feeder schools" for the IB's high school diploma program in low-income school districts.

"We are ever mindful of the lessons of September 11, one of which is that all future measures of a rigorous K-12 education must include a solid grounding in other cultures, other languages and other histories," Education Secretary Rod Paige said a year ago as he announced new global-education initiatives in U.S. schools.

"In other words, we need to put the 'world' back into 'world-class' education," he said.

For full article: http://www.raidersnewsupdate.com/lead-story358.htm

Edited May 27, 2006 by KayDeeAy

[tah]

Not going to happen..at least in my opinion..

Communist or and Islamic nations will never allow freedoms

"based on human rights, equality of the sexes and "open-mindedness.... "

it is totally against their nature.. ...

[nebula]

Great -

Our students can't even find the USA on a world map . . .

And they want the USDE to head-up a global education program?

[jamie]

Great -

Our students can't even find the USA on a world map . . .

And they want the USDE to head-up a global education program?

But they are the fastest fingered text messengers in the world!

[KayDeeAy]

The goal is to devise a curriculum to teach "a set of culturally neutral universal values to which all people aspire," based on human rights, equality of the sexes and "open-mindedness to change and obligation to environmental protection and sustainable development."

I have so much to say about this that I don't know where to start (especially being a teacher myself) I think I'll have to write a commentary on my blog about all my ideas. But one thing that really struck me was this part of the article was the above quote. I don't want the public schools teaching my children their version of "culturally universal values". Just teach my kids to read and write and let ME teach them values. I have first-hand experience in the "values" of the education system when I was taking my education classes. THere were so many anti-Christian remarks from most of my professors, it made me sick to my stomach. I don't want my kids learning their PC values.

[apothanein kerdos]

This is the problem with the secular movement of multi-culturalism. It attempts to say all cultures are equal no matter what and that all religions are correct. Though I think we should respect the truthful and valuable aspects of each culture, we should also be open enough to realize that no culture is perfect and ultimately none of them hold a monopoly on what is good and true. I took a multiculturalism class through a Christian perspective and it truly makes you understand that God is still active in this world, that man is still capable of good, but also that the fall has affected every aspect of culture. Trying to teach that all cultures are equal and good (so is Muslim culture good with its subjection of women?) is only trying to blur the line between "right" and "wrong." This is how the Un opperates, it has no moral compass except "there are no morals." It is now attempting to get this taught around the world....that just disgusts me.

[refugepsa91]

(oops, forgot to write "news" in title per WB rules)

Its in there now

Love and Blessings,

Angel