Rushdoony wrote a classic book, The Messianic Character of American Education (1963). What does this do to the myth of the certified teacher? What does this do to over a century of progressive education? CLASSROOM EDUCATION AS REDEMPTIVE He has turned the entire teaching establishment into the equivalent of teachers’ aides. If the students can speak English, he becomes the primary teacher. He has proven that by paying somebody nothing, that person can become the primary teacher in 100 classrooms, 10,000 classrooms, or 100,000 classrooms. He is going to be training a generation of high school science students. The videos are now being used in public schools. Nobody inside the educational establishment has been able to stop this avalanche which is rolling down the side of tenure mountain. There have been no major critics who have gained an audience. There have been too many people who have come on board to praise the operation. But Khan is teaching 26 million students at a time. He must spend years in specialized classes in state-accredited universities in order to be sufficiently competent to teach a roomful of 30 students at a time.
They have claimed for over a century that a teacher must have specialized training in order to become an effective teacher. Think about what this means for the educational establishment. One man, with no formal training as a teacher, single-handedly has taken over the education of at least 26 million students. This means that, in just nine years, it has grown to the largest educational institution in the history of mankind. Not just dropping in to see videos, but actually registering. In less than 10 years, the Khan Academy has undermined this myth beyond repair.Īccording to its website, the Khan Academy now has 26 million registered students. The priests are agents of the state.Īll of this has rested on a myth: the myth of classroom education.
In our day, the priests are priests because they are certified by the state to do the training. They trained the next generation of literate bureaucrats. Gary North, Director of Curriculum for the Ron Paul CurriculumĮver since the days of ancient Egypt, priesthoods of various denominations have had an alliance with the state.
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