June 29, 2008
LA Times
Scientology is focus of flap over Will Smith's new school
Some teachers at New Village Academy in Calabasas are church members, and instructional methods developed by the religion's founder will be used. But an official says the religion will not be taught.
Boston Herald
Scientology school gets close study
A Boston city councilor is raising concerns about a pilot school’s proposed curriculum and its ties to an arm of Scientology, while a prestigious Hub charitable foundation is taking a second look at its grant to help launch the controversial school.
Boston Herald
Planned academy tied to Scientology
A proposed taxpayer-funded pilot school linked to an arm of the controversial Church of Scientology has scored a $20,000 grant from a blue-chip Hub charitable foundation, the BBoston Herald has learned.
German Police Told To Target Scientologists
Is Applied Scholastics tutoring religious?
"Scientology spokeswoman Sabine Weber said the group was a religious one being persecuted and that fears about tutoring and brainwashing were 'pure invention'. She said she was aware of only one case of a teacher using tutoring as a means to conversion."
Chartwell Educational Consultants Push Study Tech
Former Bush administration Secretary of Education Rod Paige and his former Chief of Staff, John Danielson, have joined together to form an education consultant company called Chartwell. Chartwell's website, http://www.chartwelleducation.com/ describes the company thusly: "The firm expands access to the...
Scientology School Expands in Florida
School using Scientology methods will expand to a new campus The site will accommodate up to 100 students in the private academy. By RITA FARLOW, Times Staff Writer Published January 9, 2008 A Clearwater private school that uses study methods...
Janesville Gazette
School to use Hubbard theories
L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology, a religion popular among some Hollywood types such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Hubbard wrote science fiction books, but he also wrote about education. His educational theories are the basis for something called Applied Scholastics.
Applied Scholastics is the method used by Sequoia Academy, a fledgling school that will open its doors Sept. 4 in the home of Christine Koth on the city's northeast side.
Quincy Herald Whig
Quincy to be Literacy Center's main office
Warren, who pastors the Cathedral of Worship, 215 N. 25th, and is the head of E.L. Warren Ministries International, said earlier this week that Quincy will be the headquarters of the Vision Literacy Center.
There will be 52 learning centers around the world, one for each area where a church is located that Warren oversees as presiding bishop of International Network of Affiliate Ministries. Most of the churches are in the continental United States, with the rest in the Caribbean and Africa. INAM is part of the International Communion of Charismatic Churches, a 6,000-church body spread across six continents that will be holding its world convention in Quincy later this year.
The Vision Literacy Center is a nonprofit undertaking involving the partnership of E.L. Warren Ministries and Applied Scholastics International, which describes itself as a nonprofit, nonreligious organization founded in 1972. ASI materials say it is headquartered in suburban St. Louis with a mission to promote and develop programs of effective education for children and adults alike.
WBRZ News 2 Louisiana - The Advocate
Study skills class linked to Scientology
Although created by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, a study skills class at Prescott Middle School has impressed initially skeptical local educators who say they see no evidence of religious instruction, but do see profound changes in the children who participate.
"The kids have benefited from the interaction with the trained tutors in positive ways," said Bob Stockwell, chief academic officer for the East Baton Rouge Parish school system.
