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Washington Crossing the Delaware
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2nd grader's book report/movie of Washington Crossing the Delaware, using a bobble-head George Washington to rout the Hessians. (more) (less)
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A letter by Lupe Moreno
President,
Latino Americans for Immigration Reform

“Teacher,” the very word conjures up memories of people who were always there to help me.  I had been one of those children who needed a little extra help to learn to read.  Bless all teachers that taught me that, and more.  Reading Rabbi Shifren’s account on what he had to go through at the hands of those who should have been there to help him, is beyond words. 

What was done to Rabbi Shifren and other teachers who dare speak the truth will be remembered with shame in this nation.  We need to come to grips with the fact that there are those that want to destroy America from within. 

Rabbi Shifren’s book “Kill Your Teacher” must be read to understand what has happened to our once great California School System.

California’s schools have gone from being the best in the nation, to being the worst in the nation.  Children are leaving our schools without knowing how to read or write simple sentences.  Illiteracy has become the norm. Those that make it through the system often find themselves going to remedial classes in college.  Or worse, they find they’re incapable of functioning in society, not being able to get a job or fill out a simple application. 

I am humbled and honored to have met Rabbi Shifren and applaud his efforts to bring the truth to light in his book.

Blessings,
Lupe Moreno
President,
Latino Americans for Immigration Reform
City of Santa Ana, Library Commissioner

Prior to the 1960s, public schools and teachers clearly accepted their role in defining the culture of the youngsters under their supervision. The public schools, using a McGuffey-Reader-style curriculum, were the mechanism through which American kids learned not only the basics, but also values such as honesty and patriotism, and immigrant kids assimilated by learning our language, laws and customs.

Government is the most powerful influence on our culture today because the federal government spends about two and a half trillion dollars a year, and every dollar carries the power to affect our culture and behavior — through laws, regulations, grants, entitlements, and tax credits. Supremacist judges have presumed to make dozens of major social and cultural policies.

But more influential in directing our culture — even more influential than the media — is the arm of government known as the public schools. The public schools are guiding the morals, attitudes, knowledge and decision-making of 89% of American children. The public schools are financed by $500 billion a year of our money, forcibly taken from us in federal, state and local taxes, which the public school establishment spends under a thin veneer of accountability to school board members elected in government-run elections.

Before the 1989 mistake, U.S. students ranked number-one in international mathematics tests. Since then, U.S. students have dropped to fifteenth, far behind the consistently high performance of most industrialized countries. Added to the humiliation of international tests is the appalling percentage of college students who must take remedial math before they can enroll in college courses. That means the taxpayers have been paying twice to teach students the same material.