Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

This book is dedicated to my late mother and father, Charlotte and Clifton Thomson, wonderful parents who devoted much of their lives to public service, and to my late great aunt, Florence Stanton Thomson, whose generosity enabled the writer to undertake the research, writing, and publishing of this book. It is also dedicated to my husband, Jan, and two sons, Robert and Samuel, whose tolerance of Mom’s activism and frequent absences from home over a period of thirty years allowed the writer to pursue her search for the truth. Jan’s gourmet cooking lifted our spirits and kept us all from starving! Without the men’s patience, humor, and moral support, this book could not have been written.

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