First Grader Shooting First Grader:
Proposed Solution by Dr. Paul Lindstrom

The world was shocked by the news that a Michigan first grade student shot and killed another first grade student in his public school classroom in broad daylight.

For the past three years Dr. Lindstrom has been on the speaking circuit predicting that public school violence was going to get much worse, calling for armed guards to police the halls of the "morally bankrupt public propaganda war zones" masquerading as schools.

But as bad as the recent flurry of school shootings has been, Lindstrom contends there is an element in the public schools that is even more dangerous than the violence: detrimental, ultra-leftist propaganda being pumped into millions of tender young minds, creating human time bombs, set to got off in ever increasing numbers in the very near future.

Lindstrom says we must eliminate all false religious teachings of humanism and moral relativism from the classrooms and replace them with the traditional biblical morals that had been the main stay of our nation since our founding fathers fought the revolution for religious and political freedoms.

But rather than admit they are wrong, many school administrators, liberal politicians and media pundits are scratching their heads, searching for some cosmic or esoteric reason that might explain the escalating public school violence.

Lindstrom knows exactly what went wrong and has the solution. He unashamedly says we must welcome God back in the classrooms and return to teaching time tested phonics-based reading, writing and arithmetic.

But is criticism of the public school system all that Dr. Lindstrom brings to the table on this issue? Absolutely not. For over 30 years Dr. Lindstrom has been pro-active in practicing what he preaches.

Dr. Lindstrom is Superintendent of Schools at Christian Liberty Academy, a private Chicago area school with about 1,000 students. He also is one of the early pioneers of the home school movement. His successful Home Schooling program educates 50,000 students in all 50 states and in dozens of foreign countries. His education system has produced many national merit scholars and his students frequently fall in the upper 90 percentile in standardized tests.

Furthermore, Dr. Lindstrom is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against the public schools for child endangerment and child abuse. He believes his massive-scale lawsuit could dwarf all tobacco and gun lawsuits.

As a talk show guest, Dr. Lindstrom addresses any or all of three issues (deferring to the preference of the talk show host): 1) Public School Violence, 2) Home Schooling and Private Schooling Alternatives, and 3) The Class-Action Lawsuit Against Public Schools for Child Endangerment.

Depending on the direction set by the talk show host, Dr. Lindstrom can either quote impressive home schooling statistics (i.e. winners of both the 1998 and 1999 National Geographic Society Geography contests and the 1997 national spelling bee were home schoolers), or take a family lifestyle oriented approach (talking about how home schooled children are well disciplined and have strong bonds to their parents due to the extra time spent together, and how the students socialize with other children, etc.). Either way, the educational issue is brought to light through a person who has been dedicated to providing high quality education for his entire career.

During the interview Dr. Lindstrom would like to give out the toll free Home School Hotline number (800-Read 1-2-1) for listeners to call to receive a free home school information packet.

 

BIOGRAPHY OF DR. PAUL D. LINDSTROM
Educator, Activist and Author

Recognized as one of the pioneers of the home school movement, Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom serves as Superintendent of Schools of the Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools (CLASS) system. Many know him best as the Chairman of the Remember The Pueblo Committee and for his international efforts to secure the release of missionaries, POW's and MIA's in S.E. Asia.

Through the efforts of the Help For Those Without Hope Committee, founded by Dr. Lindstrom, hundreds of illegally imprisoned American citizens in Communist captivity have been helped and some prisoners have been released, including U.S.S. Pueblo crew (N. Korea), OH-23 helicopter crew (N.Korea), Bishop James E. Walsh (Red China), Deborah Dortzbach (Ethiopia), Captain Jose Villa (Cuba), Simas Ionovich Kudirka (Soviet Union), and John Downey (Red China). In addition, as National Director of Resistance International, and working in conjunction with former Soviet political prisoner Michail Makarenko, they received international recognition for their attempt to secure the defection of Soviet sailor Miroslav Medvid.

Dr. Lindstrom founded the nationally acclaimed Christian Liberty Academy (K-12 grades) in 1968, and began to organize the home school movement in 1969. He has helped in the organizing of Christian schools around the world, been a spokesman at government hearings, given expert testimony in court cases, and has been widely interviewed by virtually all major news organizations, including The Washington Post, N.Y. Times, Newsweek, Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and PBS networks; AP, UPI, as well as media interviews with Larry King, Irv Kupcinet, and numerous others.

There are now over 50,000 students in all 50 states and 56 foreign countries who are associated with Christian Liberty Academy's educational program (independent and non-denominational). Since its founding, over 200,000 students have been educated under the Academy's tutelage via its on-campus and home school outreach. It is estimated that close to two million students are now engaged in home schooling in the United States.

In 1990, Dr. Lindstrom was instrumental in the organizing of the first Christian school (1100 students), and radio station (50,000 watts A.M.), in the history of the former U.S.S.R. (both located in Moscow). As a fervent freedom of speech advocate, Dr. Lindstrom believes it is of paramount importance to maintain strong regional talk radio and has been a featured guest on hundreds of talk shows.

After graduation from the University of Illinois and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, "Doctor Paul," as his students call him, taught in the Chicago public schools. In 1967 he worked with Dr. Philip Crane, now a U.S. Congressman, in the development of Westminster Academy. Continuing with his own studies, Dr. Lindstrom received his Doctor of Education degree in 1985, and his Doctor of Law degree in 1994.

He has been honored by a Governor of Illinois, the Illinois House of Representatives, the Republic of Free China, the Romanian-American National Congress, the Bulgarian National Front, and the Metro News (patriotism award). In 1992 he was presented with the William H. McGuffey award for distinguished service to the educational community. Having traveled extensively in the Middle East, he has authored the books, Armageddon - The Middle East Muddle, 4 Days in May, Safety Net, and his most recent book, Weighed In The Balance. In 1996 he addressed the Moscow Board of Education in Russia.

Currently Dr. Lindstrom is waging a class-action lawsuit against the public school system for child endangerment and child abuse and lecturing on the topic of accelerating public school violence.

Dr. Lindstrom is a frequent public speaker and has written numerous articles that have appeared in national publications. He is married and has four children and fourteen grandchildren.