Samuel Blumenfeld

Samuel Blumenfeld (born 1926 in New York – 2015 in Waltham) was a phonics advocate and conservative writer. He frequently lectured in favor of systematic phonics instruction in the teaching of reading and wrote over a dozen books on education. Blumenfeld's critiques against having psychologies in the U.S. public education system is often quoted by Church of Scientology in their publications, and he serves in the Board of Commissioners of Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a Scientology affiliated lobbying organization.

Biography Growing up in the South Bronx, Blumenfeld saw combat in Italy during World War II and later graduated from the City College of New York. Blumenfeld was an advocate of homeschooling.

Published works How To Tutor and Alpha Phonics outline Blumenfeld's preferred methods for teaching children basic school subjects.

Other published works include:

N.E.A.: Trojan Horse in American Education Why Schools Went Public How to Tutor The Whole Language / OBE Fraud The Victims of Dick and Jane Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers Homeschooling: A Parents Guide to Teaching Children New Illiterates and How You Can Keep Your Child from Becoming One Is Public Education Necessary? Property in a Humane Economy The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: A New Study of the Authorship Question Crimes of the Educators: How Utopians Are Using Government Schools to Destroy America's Children (co-written with Alex Newman)