WARNING: This book contains conservative thoughts and ideas. If YOU believe the K-12 Public Schools are just fine, or have strong liberal leanings, you may not like this book. Then again... maybe you will.
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There is now a Mass Exodus to EXIT our K-12 Public Schools for alternative schools. 16 Million students are projected to leave public schools by 2030. That Exodus will leave 50 Million children behind in a failing system. What happens when the Sacred Fire of Public Education burns out for them?
A ruthless battle rages around our children, at the core of which is WHO will define what America is in the future. Our children will be tomorrows Leaders. But WHAT will they believe? Will they carry the Torch of America's Dream? Or will they burn it down?
No ""fixes"" or ""band-aids"" will change the course of education. We can only burn down the current system (figuratively of course), then reignite the Sacred Fire of Education in a new vision of our Public Schools for those who are left behind.
Public Schools are here to remain. The Yellow School Bus will keep running. The Lunch Lady will keep serving up Taco Tuesdays. Dodge Ball will still be the nemesis of every child.
But the problems we have in our public schools will only get worse if, as predicted, those 16 MILLION students leave the Public Schools for private schools, homeschools, and other education models. The reality is that most students will remain behind in an ever-failing system that lacks discipline and true academic and personal achievement. What do we do about them? Do we just abandon them? Do we just accept that and risk the creation of an educational caste system that produces mal-educated citizens in mass?
NO! We can do better. We are America. We know how to do BIG things. We must do something for those left behind. Read ""Sacred Fire of Public Education"" for a step-by-step pathway to fundamental, foundational reformation of our public school system.
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This is a critical book that every parent, teacher, school administrator, union member, school board member, politician, or anyone else involved or interested in education and pedagogy should read.
True reformation will require massive changes in educational policy, education law, public policy, and state and federal legislation that advocates for fundamental foundational reformation. This goes beyond social sciences, political science, and typical government approaches to educational law, school policies, and school administration and pushes on the very core of what public education is supposed to be.
Those involved in school administration, public policy, and laws related to public education should consider there is a better way to achieve a public school system that actually embraces no child left behind to ensure positive student achievement, accountability for teachers, and protects student rights, safety, societal success for ALL children.
Anyone seeking to exit public schools for home school, private school, parochial school, charter school, or other alternatives should consider that there might be an alternative to leaving the public schools. Those who intend to keep their kids in public schools should read this book and advocate for educational reform that will truly serve the children.
