NEA Foundation Gives Grant To Create Activists...Out Of 1st & 2nd Graders

With Saul Alinsky‘s Rules for Radicals still listed in ‘The Activist’s Library’ on the National Education Association’s website, as disturbing as this is, it really should come as no surprise. Yet, somehow, the blatancy of the NEA Foundation giving a grant to a ‘team’ of teachers in Muskego, Wisconsin to create activists out of first and second graders is still shocking.

Ms. Burmesch and a team of colleagues will develop a critical literacy inquiry based unit of study to help their first and second grade students understand the role that power plays in their lives.The teachers will learn how visual literacy and technology, particularly website and podcast development, can be used by students to create activist messages that make a positive difference in their lives and the lives of others. The students will create their messages around issues important to their lives

If school teachers truly wonder why there are so many Americans turning against them, their union and their radical agenda is a major reason.

Most sane parents want their kids learning the traditional reading, writing, and arithmetic. Instead, the NEA and too many of its ideological ‘educators’ are hell bent on indoctrinating radicalism and activism in America’s schools.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering what else is in the NEA’s Activist Library, here it is:

Rules for Radicals

Saul Alinsky, Vintage Books, 1989The classic book about organizing people, written by one of America’s foremost organizers.

Organize for Social Change

Midwest Academy Manual for Activists
Third Edition, Kim Bobo et al, Seven Locks Press, 2001
This is one of the best books about collective action and putting the screws to decision-makers. It’s about winning battles.

Building More Effective Unions

Paul Clark, Cornell University Press, 2000
Penn State Professor of Labor Studies Paul Clark applies the latest in behavioral sciences research to creating more effective unions. His insights are both astute and highly practical.

The Trajectory of Change: Activist Strategies for Social Change

Michael Albert, SouThend Press, 2002
Z Magazine’s Michael Albert has assembled a collection of thoughtful articles on ways to overcome various obstacles to social change.

Roots to Power: A Manual for Grassroots Organizing

Lee Staples, Praeger, 1984
This is a good nuts and bolts guide to organizing. It is especially good on recruiting, developing action plans, executing them, and dealing with counterattacks.

Taking Action: Working Together for Positive Change in Your Community

Elizabeth Amer, Self Counsel Press, 1992
Written by a Toronto community activist, this book is easy to read, full of examples, and sprinkled with how-to-advice.

Organizing: A Guide for Grassroots Leaders

Si Kahn, McGraw Hill, 1981, Revised 1991
This book is well organized. You can find relevant material for your situation without reading the whole book.

Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

Derrick Bell, Bloomsbury, 2002
A gem of a book that delves into the question of “Why become an activist?” It is both thought-provoking and energizing.

Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time

Paul Rogat Loeb, St. Martins Press, 1999
Provides solace for the activist’s soul and juice for the activist’s battery