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Allen Quist Biography
Allen Quist is Professor of Political Science at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. He is a widely recognized writer and speaker in Minnesota and throughout the United States. Allen Quist is author of five books, the most recent being America’s Schools: The Battleground for Freedom. Quist authored the best-selling book, FedEd: The New Federal Curriculum and How It's Enforced, which has sold 17,000 copies. He explains the federal No Child Left Behind legislation and programs such as International Baccalaureate, he describes the math and reading wars,and he discusses the effects of international agreements on our schools. Quist writes about the preservation of America's sovereignty, our commitment to self-evident truth and unalienable rights, and our resolve to pass this liberty on to the next generation.
The Bill of Rights Institute curriculum also teaches the doctrine of the "evolving Constitution." It says, "What people claim as rightsand what the government denies as rights under the lawhas evolved since the Founders wrote the Constitution in the late eighteenth century" ["Student Handout" p. 138]. At the same time, this curriculum avoids saying that real truth existsone of our nation's foundational principles as stated in the Declaration of Independence. (An "evolving Constitution" means whatever the Court means it to mean.) No mention of real truth with a corresponding emphasis on a supposed "evolving Constitution"is this type of instruction teaching the Constitution or undermining it?
Prof. Quist served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1983 to 1988. In the Minnesota House, he served as Chair if the Social Services Subcommittee and also served on the House Education Committee. Prof. Quist played an influential role in legalizing home schools in Minnesota. He was the Republican endorsed candidate for Minnesota Governor in 1994, and was one of seven delegates elected from Minnesota to the White House Conference on Families in 1980.
Allen Quist has been a member of two school boards and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN), a Master of Arts degree from Mankato State University (Mankato, MN), and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Mankato, MN). He, his wife Julie, and the youngest of their ten children live in rural St. Peter, Minnesota.
Allen Quist has been a member of two school boards and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN), a Master of Arts degree from Mankato State University (Mankato, MN), and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary (Mankato, MN). He, his wife Julie, and the youngest of their ten children live in rural St. Peter, Minnesota.
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