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Indoctrination in U.S. Public Education: Dismantling of our Constitutional Republic Indoctrination in U.S. Public Education: Dismantling of our Constitutional Republic A publication of PJTN, Inc. Proclaiming Justice to The Nations, Inc. Franklin, Tennessee PJTN, Proclaiming Justice to The Nations was established to educate Christians about their and video presentations, a variety of grassroots rallies, events and speaking engagements to facilitatebiblical responsibility dialogue between to stand the withChristian their andJewish Jewish brethren communities and Israel, in supportutilizing of powerful the State �ilm of Israel and against global genocidal anti-Semitism. PJTN has led the struggle against BDS in America with a wave of state resolutions. Dr. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President of Proclaiming Justice to The Nations is the show host of the award-winning Evangelical television program Focus On Israel which reaches a weekly global audience of over a billion United States Internal Revenue Code. viewers. PJTN is a non-pro�it, tax-exempt organization under section 501 (c)(3) of the Published by Proclaiming Justice to The Nations, Inc. PJTN PO Box 682711 Franklin, TN 37068 Copyright © 2019 by Proclaiming Justice to The Nations, Inc. Contents Introduction, Dr. Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President and Founder of PJTN .........................................................5 Key• Anti-American, Takeaways .......................................................................................................................................................................6-12 Anti-West, Anti-Judeo-Christian, • HalAnti-Semitic, Rounds, TN Anti-Israel Textbook and Advisory Holocaust Panel Revisionism, .....................................................................................................................6 • Dr.Pro-Islamic Sandra Alfonsi, Indoctrination, TNT Senior Dr. AcademicM. Zuhdi Jasser, Fellow President .......................................................................................................7 and Founder of the American Islamic Forum For Democracy ............................................................................................................................................................8 • Impediments By Local School Of�icials, Dr. William Saxton, Chairman, Citizens For National Security ..............................................................................9 • Unconstitutionality of U.S. Textbooks: A Legal Perspective, Michael Goldstein, Esq. • LieutenantTitle VI of the Commander, Higher Education USNR (Ret.), Act: An PJTN Anti-Israel General &Counsel Anti-American and State Education, of Ohio Director ......................10 Jennifer Dekel, on behalf of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) .......................................11-12 • Proposed Recommendations For Next Steps, Dr. Shmuel Katz, PJTN Advisory Board Member and Dr. Laurie Cardoza-Moore .......................................13 White Paper Contributors .....................................................................................................................................................14 White Paper Contributor Bios ......................................................................................................................................15-24 White Paper Submissions with Documentation, Recommendations & References ........Appendices A-G • Anti-American, Anti-West, Anti-Judeo-Christian, Hal Rounds ...........................................................A-25-A-28 • Anti-Semitic, Anti-Israel and Holocaust Revisionism, Dr. Sandra Alfonsi .....................................B-29-B-60 • Pro-Islamic Indoctrination, Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser ........................................................................................C-61-C-63 • Impediments By Local School Of�icials, Dr. William Saxton ...............................................................D-64-D-65 • Unconstitutionality of U.S. Textbooks: A Legal Perspective, Michael Goldstein, Esq. ...............E-66-E-68 • Title VI of the Higher Education Act, the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) …….....F-69-F-79 • Proposed Recommendations For Next Steps, Dr. Shmuel Katz .....................................................................G-80 List of Supporting Documents and Recommendations ......................................................Appendix H-81-H-84 List of Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................Appendix I-85 Additional References, submitted by Dr. Shmuel Katz .........................................................Appendix J-86-J-108 Attachments 1 and 2 ...................................................................................................................................................109-116 Call to Action anti-Semitic,In 2012, parents anti-Israel, in states anti-Judeo/Christian, across the U.S. contacted anti-AmericanProclaiming Justice and unconstitutional to The Nations (PJTN) pro-Islamic to report children of Williamson County were being indoctrinat- PJTN launched a media campaign to expose how the materials. In order to identify biases and inaccuracies - content in their children's textbooks and instructional ed and immediately obtained over 2,000 signatures to must be re-evaluated; greater public input and trans- instructionalremove the textbook. materials This being support used inlaunched Tennessee a state in textbooks and instructional materials, standards schools.wide effort to expose the Pearson textbooks and and our state legislatures must change the way parency must be used in the textbook review process approved. Using these methods will ensure that Tennessee and ran it over the course of two weeks. curriculatextbooks/instructional and teaching materials materials implemented are adopted inand Fox News picked up the story from Williamson County, News segments, contacted PJTN stating similar California public school systems, and in other states, inaccurate,Parents throughout biased and the pro-Islamic U.S., upon viewing content thein their Fox areTennessee; not in violation Texas; Florida; of our U.S. Massachusetts; and State Constitutions. Ohio and Introduction Additionally,children's textbooks Tennessee as well. state legislators held hearings in the state Senate and House and contacted Dr. Laurie organization, cherishing the U.S. Constitution; the found in the curriculum. Judeo-ChristianProclaiming Justice values; to The and Nations, the respect Inc., fora non-pro�it all human Cardoza-Moore (PJTN) to testify about the content citizens in Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, California and instructionallives, assembled materials a team that of experts are fueling to address the rise the of Over the next two years, we met with parents and anti-Americangrowing issue ofsentiments biased and and inaccurate anti-Semitism textbooks on and secondary school campuses and are in violation of our statewideTexas. This initiative work also to includedalert parents parents to the and content citizens in in U.S. and State Constitutions. their50 counties children’s across curriculum. the state of Tennessee launching a Overview of the Problem Results of our Efforts County, Tennessee about an anti-Semitic Pearson In 2012, PJTN was alerted by a parent in Williamson- For example, the TN State legislature abolished the mized Palestinians blowing themselves up in a Jerusa- Tennessee Textbook Commission that approved the lempublished restaurant AP Human because Geography they were textbook waging athat war legiti andtextbooks instructional and introduced materials a reviewnew Commission process. The with against Israeli government policies and army actions greater public input and transparency in the textbook and accused Israel of being "occupiers." instructional materials were adopted and approved. legislature also changed the way textbooks and The Tennessee Department of Education decided to riddled with anti-Semitic; anti-Israel; anti-Judeo-Chris- re-evaluate the state standards for history, geography tian;Upon anti-American further review and of the pro-Islamic textbook, content, we found as it well as ancillary materials published by the Council on - and social studies in 2017 and we are currently reviewing textbooks for the 2019-2025 school years. American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that were inaccu listedrate, biased as an unindicted,and did not co-conspiratorre�lect the values in theof the largest terroristWilliamson fundraising County community. operation inIn the 2007, history CAIR of was the U.S. 5 Key Takeaways Anti-American, Anti-West and Anti-Judeo-Christian Hal Rounds (Appendix A) Introduction Tennessee Textbook Advisory Panel The combined effect is to distort their understanding of America’s place in the world, of: Many the nature textbooks of government, feed false or of distorted economics content and of to the students. actual Overviewevents of Western Civilization; the United States speci�ically. subjects: : Samples from varying texts from the 2013 selection process •show Economics that the textbook problem is widespread and arises in many • History • WorldGovernment Religions Detail Pattern: • Errors, omissions and mischaracterizations. • An insidious pattern of minor skewed contents, creating a negative view of America. Summary: • American students' perception of our culture and history is minimalized. • Students are given an impression that America is not worthy of pride or loyalty. • Students'
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