Interview with editors of “From Crayons to Condoms”
At Front Page Magazine, Jamie Glazov interviews Karen Holgate and Steve Baldwin, the co-editors of the new book From Crayons to Condoms. An excerpt:
FP: Give us a brief overview of what is taking place in public schools today. Why is this happening?
Holgate: We are seeing a dramatic shift in education from “effective” education, meaning concrete academics, to “affective” education, meaning the teaching of attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors. One of the reasons for this “shift” is that activist legislators are mandating that teachers divert valuable classroom time from solid academics to the promotion of personal agendas.
Baldwin: Our schools have become laboratories for social engineering and are no longer places where knowledge is transmitted.
FP: What are some ways that valuable classroom time is wasted in our public schools? Tell us some of the more bizarre examples.
Baldwin: Whole language, death education, New Math, cooperative learning, inventive spelling and many other fads that have little to do with education.
Holgate: Under the guise of “tolerance” and reducing “hate crimes,” students are often indoctrinated with the idea that there is no difference between homosexuality and heterosexuality even though what is being taught may violate the personal or religious beliefs of many of the students and their families. Homosexual, bi-sexual, and transgendered panels are often brought in to discuss their lifestyles. However, heterosexuals are not usually a part of any discussion.