EP 143 Should Parents Trust the American Education System? | Dr. James Lindsay

Welcome to episode 143 of the Redeeming Truth Podcast!
In this eye-opening conversation, Pastor Jon Benzinger sits down with Dr. James Lindsay to discuss a topic that concerns every parent in America: the state of the American education system.
Episode Highlights:
* Special Guest Introduction: Meet Dr. James Lindsay, an American author and mathematician who has written extensively on religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. Dr. Lindsay is a prominent critic of Critical Race Theory and founded New Discourses. He is currently promoting his new book, "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody," which is being translated into over fifteen languages.
* Parental Concerns: Education is a massive topic, and every parent must grapple with decisions regarding their children's schooling. From homeschooling to private and public education, stress and contention have never been higher.
* What Happened to Education?: Dr. Lindsay and Pastor Benzinger delve into how and why the American education system has reached its current state. They discuss the dramatic changes and the reasons behind the growing parental concerns.
Key Discussion Points:
* Why you should be concerned about the American education system.
* Activists found a way in, and they won't leave that opportunity alone-the chance to get in front of children.
* Practical advice for parents navigating educational choices.
Are you worried about your child's education?
Do you question whether the current system can be trusted?
Join us as we uncover the unsettling truths and offer guidance on what parents should look out for.
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Navigation:
00:00 Intro
01:48 Dr. James Lindsay, The Issue of Education
05:29 What has happened to education? What’s changed?
11:25 Why are schools no longer following the guidelines?
17:59 Why education sees parents as a problem.
23:59 The Theft of Education
27:00 Identifying schools that have been radicalized
29:39 Identifying schools that don’t want to emerge as radicals but are more subtle.
32:17 What does the queering of the American child have to do with the mark suffocation of education?
1:08:18 I wish they would have brought this up!
1:14:20 Hope to be able to attack this!
1:21:13 Closing
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[@vb1169]

James is brilliant. He understands and explains the Gospel better than most Christians. I pray God would open his eyes and heart and draw James to Himself.

[@jonathanmccloud8375]

excellent discussion. like Jordan Peterson , been praying for James Lindsay for awhile. He seems "so close".

[@andrewpotter4131]

James Lindsay , WARRIOR ! Incredable how James can dive into their disgusting ideology , and be able to comunicate the meaning in a way we can understand what they really are saying

[@revelation13_9]

30 year retired educator here, and the answer is no, you cannot trust the public education system. Homeschool your little ones any which way you can.

[@crocodilegrundee4514]

My wife and I are planning to move to where our 4 kids are so we can homeschool my eldest sons 3 kids. I hope millions of people move out of public education over the next year or two!

[@tb1826]

10 years in and switching to a catholic school-seconded.

[@jos8916]

As a former elementary educator, I ABSOLUTELY agree.

[@chloedrake421]

Brilliant education. Thank you for posting this.

[@emilymiller1792]

The issue with kids not being able to read or write may not be due to radicalized teaching in the classroom. That is not clear. The school districts that seem to be struggling with no proficiently educated kids are also high poverty (Baltimore). The primay factor in the lack of educational success in such schools may be less about radical teachers and more about surrounding factors of lack of parental involvement, no culture at home or in the community championing academic excllence, etc.

[@gefil8781]

The destruction of the American family plus the Marxification of education is the perfect storm for the destruction of our youth. If parents, from impoverished areas or not, knew or cared about what is happening in education, they would take them out of the broken system. I know so many families, who are not impoverished, who have no clue as to what their kids are learning and some could care less, as long as they get the grades they want them to have. As a retired HS US History teacher, I taught students who came into my class and within the first week or two of school, told me that they hated America, based on what previous teachers had told them. The parents who are involved and pushing their kids in education, are pushing them, unknowingly, into Marxist indoctrination. The Marxification of education is successful for both the affluent and the impoverished.

[@sherbear8286]

It is both, but rather than teaching just the facts, teachers are taught to be activists in the classroom-pushing the idea that America is a racist, oppressive, country that must be deconstructed and reimagined as “equitable,” meaning Marxist.

[@tb1826]

@@gefil8781same experience in 12th grade history.

[@tb1826]

I partly agree. The part I think is important is that those radical teachers/admins were not unaware of the lack of parental involvement-and in fact capitalize on it. You will hear them use it as justification for why they need to do SEL. Yes, lack of parent involvement is a big factor in math and literacy rates, but it’s also a key factor in radicalization. There are only so many minutes in a period. If the focus isn’t closing gaps in literacy and math, then you will not close the gaps in literacy and math.

[@emilymiller1792]

Parents, taxpayers, need to check the destruction of education. The federal and state departments of Ed do a lot to hurt and skew local public school districts. Talk to representatives that could help with funding, unfunded mandates, coercive standardized tests, federal laws that have been reinterpreted, etc. Talk to your local school board representatives--find out what problems they are struggling with, and, let them know what kind of education you want in schools as a parent/taxpayer. We will lose our republic entirely if our children (and ourselves) do not know how to live in a self-governing constitutional republic.

[@pauld.everts1586]

Thank you for this! We need to keep the momentum of SAVE OUR CHILDREN = Save our nation!! Look forward to freedom summit for teachers July 8-10 in Denver where Dr. Lindsay will be speaking!! I am from Roseville, CA. We need to connect and lift one another!! God bless / AGAPE!!

[@emilymiller1792]

"The End of Educstion" is also a great book by Neil Postman.

[@phineasrumson3116]

I raised my children to look at a problem from several sides; the cc was a challenge to them but I helped them through it. I was an electrical engineer and as such, I had to seek several answers to every question. My kids learned the same style. When the school held a "back to school night" I was sure to attend. Boy, were the sorry!

[@stevenrn6640]

I clicked because I saw James picture in the thumbnail.

[@emilymiller1792]

Education should be culturally relevant in the broad sense--education should inculcate the broad culture and history of their society. So, in the case of the United States, it should be Western Civilization-oriented. There should be smaller elements of other cultures, too, since we Americans are from everywhere, but the main focus should be Western since that is where our founding derives from.

[@carolmcln5028]

The Ed system claims CRT = Culturally Relevant Education. For them though it means leftist education. Teaching about all the immigrants cultures, black culture, but not the American culture, anti-racism (anti-white) but not our system of government.

[@newdiscourses]

:)

[@marcusaurelius8605]

ESL is mandatory by the state of Kansas

[@MrMrscoffey]

Columbia university on and on

[@psikeyhackr6914]

We should have had a K-12 National Recommended Reading List decades ago. 100 books for kindergarten 200 books for 1st grade 300 books for 2nd grade etc. That would be 9100 for K-12. *The Tyranny of Words* (1938) by Stuart Chase George Orwell mentioned Chase in an essay on politics. Chase published the book, *A New Deal* shortly before FDR's famous speech. He was a member of FDR's brain trust. I could have read that in high school if I had heard of it. Better than Catcher in the Rye. There is lots of old sci-fi free on the Internet now: *Omnilingual* by H Beam Piper *The Fourth "R"* by George O. Smith *Space Prison* by Tom Godwin *Little Fuzzy* by H. Beam Piper *The Servant Problem* by Robert F. Young *Deathworld* by Harry Harrison *Black Man's Burden* & *Border, Breed nor Birth* by Mack Reynolds *The Status Civilization* by Robert Sheckley

[@jos8916]

They GOT the colleges of education. And, they GOT the children.......

[@LordBlk]

49:24 here is where he explains why they say my truth is the truth. And i am who i am....

[@wendellbabin6457]

1:05:53 Wouldn't the next step then be the "State" telling individuals whom to marry, or be in a relationship with. Maybe even whom should be "allowed" to reproduce the way the Old Soviets reward was the "Heretic's" old apartment, or job, or Party Position or whatever. Talk about Eugenics.

[@TheGringoSalado]

Luther was the OG “my truther.”

[@abramgaller2037]

The biggest problems in woke education are the denial of academic, vocational, and social skill building .

[@ajiwa69]

Don't forget the "trauma informed" red flag

[@GiaGirlism]

No partnership with those who hate Christ.

[@Sirach144]

Parents need to work with school system. Not just send their kids there to act how they want and then defend them when the teachers call.

[@user-dh8sg8ur5e]

Handing over your power to the SCHOOL BOARD & SCHOOL SYSTEM is a LOSING PROPOSITION. Their POWER lies in PARENTS inability to WALK AWAY from the INSANITY.

[@raquelsilveira2196]

I’m Brazilian and I can affirm that dr. Lindsay is correct. Paulo Freire has destroyed our education. People nowadays just cannot understand one simple sentence or orientation. They read the words, but don’t understand their meaning. It’s desperately sad.

[@charlesbrown1365]

US education has moved in the opposite direction of Marxism . Neo-“Marxism” is not Marxism