Ron Paul Launches Homeschool Curriculum to Teach Biblical Principles to K-12 Students

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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul gestures as he speaks at a rally in Golden Valley, Minnesota, February 7, 2012.

April 8, 2013|4:22 pm

Gary North, director of the Ron Paul Curriculum, said he and the three-time presidential candidate believe there's a "tremendous need" for a homeschool curriculum that offers a history of liberty, as well as liberty's rivals; a thorough understanding of the Austrian school of economics; and a program that is based on primary sourced documents, as opposed to textbooks, which "dumb down the material."

In the introductory video, North explains that the curriculum will include a series of online lectures and reading assignments that allow students to work at their own pace, and will also foster an environment where students can teach each other about learned concepts. The curriculum, for which there are no textbooks, does require students to write a weekly essay starting in the fifth grade. North also noted that unlike traditional school environments, the Ron Paul Curriculum doesn't include "busy work," and it doesn't "waste the students' time."

The curriculum requires studentsto post their essay entries on a blog page for parents to review; and students are required to create their own YouTube channels, as well as learn about video production, website design and Internet marketing.

According to Tom Woods, a New York Times best-selling author and Ludwig von Mises Institute senior fellow who will be among the instructors for the high school curriculum, the program doesn't only "teach from a different point of view," or "teach material that no other school or curriculum offers," but according to his websitethe curriculum "also emphasizes oral and written communication, so that students will be able to spread and defend their ideas effectively."

Woods, who said his role will be to teachhigh school courses in Western civilization, the U.S. Constitution, government and the history of American wars, explained that the course schedule is "centered around a 36-week schedule, five lessons (25 minutes each), per week per course."

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The Ron Paul Curriculum website states that high school students can expect to spend "90 minutes per day per course: lectures and reading."

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Ron Paul Launches Homeschool Curriculum to Teach Biblical Principles to K-12 Students