Posted May 23, 2013: by Mary Grabar.

Here is the video from the Schools for Subversion panel discussion sponsored by Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and the David Horowitz Center, held on May 6 at the Luxe Hotel Sunset in Los Angeles.  I am joined by Kyle Olson, Larry Sand, and Bruce Thornton, with Ben Boychuk as moderator.  We had a great discussion with a very engaged audience.  Listen and learn about what is going on in our schools.  The direct link, in case the one above doesn't work, ia here.  Or YouTube here.

Weather Underground in the Ivory Tower:
Transforming Education from Kindergarten to College

Georgia Chapter, National Association of Scholars: lecture by Mary Grabar and Tina Trent
Free and Open to the Public

Sunday, November 3, 2013, 2:00 p.m. -- Refreshments Follow Lecture
The Solarium, 321 W. Hill Street, Decatur, GA 30030 (Oakhurst Neighborhood)

Since emerging from hiding in the 1980’s, former Weather Underground and Black Panther terrorists who once bombed police stations and robbed banks now use college and university campuses to advance their radical politics.   Mary Grabar and Tina Trent, both Ph.D.’s and former college instructors, will speak about the toxic influence of “tenured radicals” on higher education.

Mary Grabar will tell the story of how Weatherman Bill Ayers’ vision of education as classroom-based “revolution” has become the dominant teaching philosophy in schools of education, including Common Core.  

Tina Trent will discuss how the embrace of radical politics by women’s studies departments has led to a campus-based feminist movement that is increasingly anti-law enforcement and actually opposed to efforts to address violent crimes against women through traditional legal channels.    

This lecture is made possible through the generosity of the Devereaux F. and Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation and sponsored by the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Scholars.

Drinks and refreshments will be served.  Free parking is available in the parking lot and on the street.  Handicapped accessible. 

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Posted September 20, 2013, by Mary Grabar: Especially to all my Tennessee and North Georgia friends, please come out for an interesting discussion hosted by the Lee Student Republicans at Lee University.

At Lee University, a "Christ-centered" university in Cleveland, Tennessee.  The article today in The Chattanoogan:

Mary Grabar to Speak on Bill Ayers and the Attack on the American Character

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Lee University will welcome Dr. Mary Grabar for a lecture entitled, “Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground, and the Attack on the American Character.” Lee Student Republicans will host the event, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Lecture Hall of Lee’s Humanities Center.

Grabar will be discussing the changes in the American character that she has observed over 20 years of teaching college English and writing about education and the influence of Bill Ayers, co-founder of the 1960s Weathermen domestic terrorist group.

Read more: Lee University: Bill Ayers and the Attack on American Character

Gamifying the Classroom: How the U.S. Department of Education Is Using Video Games and Common Core to Transform K-16 Education.  (Photo from an educational game used to teach One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.) Learn how "educational games" are replacing books.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Talk begins at 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
The Solarium, 321 W. Hill Street, Decatur, GA 30030 (Oakhurst Neighborhood)

The U.S. Department of Education is pushing the takeover of education to the next level by imposing Common Core on college and promoting video games in the classroom, K-16.  (Yes, the senior year of college is considered grade 16 now.)  Video game designers, who work at their own companies as well as in academic departments (and often at both) and receive grants from the federal government and technology-aligned non-profits like the Gates Foundation, argue that games motivate students and “cultivate dispositions.”

Read more: Gamifying the Classroom, a Talk, Nov. 17