Influences of American Education - EDU542

A look at the history of American Education.   It also explores the
current education system which has evolved into an increasingly secular
and morals-neutral experiment.   The course also demonstrates how
humanism has pervaded the public school system and gained
philosophical dominance in that setting.

Course Highlights

The text Original Intent documents (in the Founding Fathers' own words)
not only the plan for limited government originally set forth in the
Constitution and Bill of Rights but how that vision can once again become
reality.

An in-depth study of religion and the courts.

An in-depth study of religion and the Constitution.

Insight on the religious nature of the Founding Fathers

The court's selective use of history.

Religion and morality.

Required Reading

Textbook: Original Intent (The Courts, The Constitution, & Religion)