Dr. Duke Pesta

Dr. Duke Pesta is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and the Academic Director of FreedomProject Education, an online school dedicated to providing students with a classical education delivered through state-of-the-art technology. He received his M.A. in Renaissance literature from John Carroll University and his Ph.D. in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature from Purdue University. He has taught at major research institutions and small liberal arts colleges on a wide variety of subjects at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including classes on Shakespeare, Renaissance literature, the Bible, Russian literature, and C.S. Lewis. He has been active in educational reform, and was instrumental in developing and implementing an elective Bible course which is currently available for public high-school students in Texas.

• FreedomProject (http://www.freedomproject.com/)
• FreedomProject Education (https://www.fpeusa.org/)
• Staff Page at (https://www.fpeusa.org/index.php/about-fpe/fpe-staff)
• Email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Items mentioned in (or otherwise relevant to) the interview

• TMR 075 : Dr. Duke Pesta : Common Core - Manufacturing Compliant Drones
• Dr. Sandra Stotsky testifying against Common Core in Wisconsin (http://vimeo.com/77216361)
• Dr. James Milgram testifying against Common Core in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (http://vimeo.com/78006951)
• David Coleman (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Coleman_(education)) [For those interested in such matters, the Wikipedia entry claims that Coleman was a Rhodes scholar, as (again, according to the entry) was his friend Jason Zimba, another big cheese in the Common Core Initiative.]
• Dr. Duke Pesta, "Common Core : From Farce to Failure" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-htDV60CjkA)
• Valerie Strauss, "Bill Gates: ‘It would be great if our education stuff worked but…’ ", Washington Post (27 September 2015)
• Next Generation Science Standards (http://www.nextgenscience.org/)
• Robert Muller (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Muller)
  • Website (http://www.robertmuller.org/rm/R1/Home.html)
• TMR 005 : Interview : Dean Gotcher : 'Diaprax' - Education for a New World Order
• TMR 122 : Don't Let David Cameron Turn You Into An "Extremist"
• Defend Free Speech Campaign (http://defendfreespeech.org.uk/)
• UK Government's Prevent duty guidance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance)
• UK Draft Invetigatory Powers Bill (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-investigatory-powers-bill)
  • "Internet Service providers will be required to keep ICRs for a maximum period of 12 months. This will be invaluable to law enforcement to prevent and detect crime, to protect our national security."
• Chris Green, "Political correctness: Debate over whether it has gone too far rages at universities from Cambridge to Yale", The Independent (13 November 2015)
• Justin P. McBrayer, "Why Our Children Don't Think There Are Moral Facts", The New York Times, Opinion Pages (2 March 2015)

Acknowledgements

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