Institute for Cultural Influence

Inspiring trailer from the video found at deidox.com about Lindsay, a teacher in the Bronx.  How does Lindsay inspire you?
To watch the whole video go to:
www.deidox.com/films/lindsay

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“According to Smith’s research into Millennials as teens, most people of this generation, regardless of their nominal faith, hold a strikingly similar religious conception: There is probably a god, he probably wants us to play nice, and he certainly wants us to be happy.”
http://www.statepress.com/node/10850

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ICI got in touch with Kristin, a passionate teacher in northern California.  What to know more about Kristin?  Read below!
Name: Kristin S.
Hometown: Prescott, Arizona
Current Location: The Bay Area (aka San Francisco), California
Education: Northern Arizona University 2007
Major: Advertising- “…which is ironic because I am now pretty dang good at selling a love of education to my [...]

Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart
“Jeff Bridges portrays Bad Blake, a washed-up country-western singer whose meeting with a young journalist may help him to turn his life around.”
George Clooney- Up In The Air
“As Ryan Bingham, George Clooney plays a man who makes his living firing people and who prides himself on the absence of emotional connections in [...]

“More than ever, opportunities should be afforded to families that wish to bring their children up with a moral education in accordance with their beliefs. A system of choice allows parents to choose schools that inject moral or religious themes into their children’s education.”
http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/education/ppolicy_education_morality.php

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When even the New York Times acknowledges that abstinence only education is effective, you know that this latest research is solid! Unfortunately, the Obama administration for ideological reasons has cut off abstinence-only funding, putting at risk the health and welfare of millions of teens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/education/03abstinence.html?ref=education

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“And if there’s any glint of hope in the mess our generation’s parents made of their marriages and families, it’s this: we’ve seen the devastation, and we want to do better, even if we’re not sure how,” says Will Munsil in his article “Athenians, Visigoths, and ‘I Love Books Month’.  Will intriguingly describes one way [...]

“Hollywood would have people believe that sex and nudity sell at the box office. But a recent study shows statistically sex scenes do not translate to ticket sales.”
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100128/study-movies-with-sex-nudity-don-t-sell-at-box-office/index.html

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A new study indicates that conservatives are less likely to pursue an academic teaching career because of the overwhelmingly liberal climate on college campuses.
http://www.boundlessline.org/2010/01/why-are.html

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