PROPAGANDA IN LOUISIANA

Here is the indoctination of public school students - many of whom can hardly read and speak a complete sentence

Ten-year-old Kahlee Smith said she heard about Earth Day for the first time when fourth-graders from her school, Kerr Elementary, were invited to participate in Earth Fest 2006. But by lunchtime at Friday's event, Kahlee was on her way to learning all about recycling, environmentalism and nature. She was one of about 300 fourth-graders from a half-dozen Bossier Parish schools who gathered at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bossier City to commemorate Earth Day, which was April 22. "I want to appreciate Earth Day," Kahlee said. "If we ruin (Earth), then where else would we live?" Jessica Lynn, another fourth-grader at Kerr, was also excited: "I get to meet new people and see what Earth Day is really about."

Bossier City, Bossier Parish and Keep Bossier Beautiful organized the second annual event. About a dozen organizations set up booths with information and demonstrations. Gail Kopp, the Bossier City employee who coordinated Earth Fest, said the event started because Elm Grove Middle School asked last year if the city had planned anything for Earth Day. Officials hadn't, but they liked the idea. They invited fourth-graders, because lessons on the environment are included in the state's Comprehensive Curriculum for that grade, Kopp said.

Teri Glasz, who teaches at Central Park Elementary, said she was as excited as her students were about the field trip. Like many teachers, she said she doesn't always have the time or the materials to do as many hands-on science activities as she would like. "It makes a big difference" when students make or do something, instead of reading about it in a book, Glasz said.

Students came in two shifts. They watched a performance of a traditional Native American dance, learned about recycling and looked at the difference between city water before and after it's treated.

Oscar Rodriguez, a senior water treatment operator for the city's water plant, said even most adults don't understand what happens to water before it comes out of the faucet. He hoped students would talk to their families about what they learned, as well as relate the lesson back to what they have learned in class. "There's chemistry involved in this, there's science involved," Rodriguez said. "They can actually see on the other end: I do need my math and I do need my science."

Eventually, Kopp said officials would like to expand Earth Fest to a weekendlong spring festival at the North Bossier Park.

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RACIAL TENSION ADMITTED AT CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL

But note how extraordinarily brief the report is!

Authorities responded to a fight Friday afternoon at a high school in Santa Clarita. The fight at Hart High School was sparked by racial tensions, authorities said. The fights occurred at about noon and school officials said that they called deputies to keep the fights from spreading. Students were sent home for the day. Authorities said four students were detained for questioning. Students said the confrontations stemmed from a fight Thursday. No injuries were reported. Deputies carried guns that shoot pepper balls, but the weapons were never fired.

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AZ: English-learner plan rejected: "A judge on Wednesday rejected the Legislature's plan to improve instruction for students struggling to learn English, saying it did not include enough new money and would have violated federal law in several ways. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Raner Collins drew a defiant response from Republican legislative leaders that signaled more protracted political standoffs and courtroom battles before schools receive anything. 'I don't believe this judge is an activist; I just think he's wrong,' said Senate President Ken Bennett, R-Prescott. 'He has misconstrued the actual facts of the bill.' Collins' ruling was intended to send state lawmakers immediately back to the drawing board to satisfy a 6-year-old court order to help 154,000 mostly Latino schoolchildren who are falling behind and in danger of dropping out."

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For greatest efficiency, lowest cost and maximum choice, ALL schools should be privately owned and run -- with government-paid vouchers for the poor and minimal regulation.

The NEA and similar unions worldwide believe that children should be thoroughly indoctrinated with Green/Left, feminist/homosexual ideology but the "3 R's" are something that kids should just be allowed to "discover"

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