Current Issues in Education Today

In this day of public-school indoctrination and even political correctness infecting the American church, what can lovers of truth and liberty do to counteract the cultural rot impacting our kids?The uncompromising pastor and musician Bradlee Dean took up that question and built a controversial but resolute ministry sharing the truth of God, freedom and personal responsibility by taking it directly to young people – and the results have been jaw-dropping. Through his ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, Dean has performed in over 335 high schools and colleges in 22 states, equipping the next generation with the Judeo-Christian values that made America great through a unique combination of music and challenging lecture. Dean, who is also the drummer for the bank Junkyard Prophet, has put together the content of his presentations into a compelling DVD set so parents and pastors can offer the same cutting-edge, myth-blowing teaching to their own students. Entitled “My War,” this unique documentary encompasses the huge spectrum of issues we face in our society today and takes you back to the foundation of our country, to give understanding and clarity about who our Founders were and their true intentions when they established this Judeo-Christian nation. Homeschooling families and church youth groups will find Dean’s five-part documentary a perfect way to embolden young Americans to stand up and fight for the future of their nation. To get an idea of the style and content of “My War,” watch the short clip below addressing some of the values being fed our children in government schools, which use an approach Dean calls “No Child Left Un-indoctrinated”: Throughout our nation, public education today is failing our children at every level, from kindergarten to college. Test scores are lower than that of many other industrialized countries. Violence erupts at a moments notice. Drugs are pervasive. Children can't read or write when they graduate. Students are not motivated to learn. They are not accountable for their actions. What went wrong? Our education system used to be the best in the world! The problem stems from 30+ years of liberal, iron-fisted rule over our education system. During that time, many tried and true foundational principles and teaching techniques used for over 200 years that made this country great have been erased. Our educational system has been led down an unproven and harmful path of liberal indoctrination from which it will take at least a generation to recover. There are many problems this politically-correct agenda has caused, including feel-good classes where children learn little or nothing; lowered standards of excellence; social promotions of students from grade to grade even when they don't pass and can't read or write; lack of student discipline; little or no respect for teachers; situational morality; no standard of right and wrong; condoms given to children in schools; unmotivated students; etc. The list of failed practices and resulting consequences goes on and on. This has been one big experiment for the last 30 years, and the education establishment and the National Education Association (NEA) has reaped what it has sown. Children are the prize to the winners of the cultural war. Those who control what young people are taught and what they experience will determine the future course for this nation. The last few decades have clearly shown how the predominant value system of an entire culture can be overhauled by those with unlimited access to children. Abraham Lincoln said, "The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of the government in the next." We see that today, and it will only get worse until our education system is wrested from the liberal establishment so that we can get it back on the right track for our children. The purpose of education is to prepare our children to succeed in life, and we are failing miserably. Their future, and ultimately our country's future, depends on how well and how quickly we remove our failing school system from the incompetence of liberals who have taken a generation captive.