Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

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Sift together: Several Socialist Foundations (Carnegie, Ford, Rockefeller, Danforth, Spencer, Pew and Kettering)

Graduate Schools Teachers Colleges Textbook Publishers

Fold In:

Planned Parenthood SIECUS (Sex Information Education Council of the United States) Drug Education Self-Esteem Education [Character Education] Death Education School-to-Work “techademics” (Be sure to remove all Basic Skills.)

Add the Following Funds for Extra Spice: Title I (special provisions for disadvantaged youngsters) Title II (school libraries, textbooks, and instructional materials, also “educational tech nology” and so-called “basic skills improvement”) Title III (“innovative programs,” psychological experiments, “exemplary” programs; additional guidance, and “special” programs for wonderful classes in health, popu lation and global education, testing and counseling) Title IV (educational labs and centers, libraries, early childhood education, more guid ance, testing and counseling, social workers and psychiatrists) Title V (grants and resources to the state education agencies for data collection and management, personnel development, and handicapped, migrant children, “com munity education,” ethnic heritage programs, bilingual education, opportunities for Indian students, emergency aid, etc.) If none of these ingredients are available in their original form due to “repackaging and renaming” because of “brand name” changes, presently available substitutes work just as well! Potential substitute items: Educators for parents (Parents as Teachers) or Together We Can “caring communities.” TOPPING: Add all four-year-olds, blend with year-round school and Head Start programs. Combine the following (stirring constantly): Learner Outcomes Accreditation Standards (Teach-to-the-Test adds flavor, too.) Pour in secretive, federal- and state-mandated tests (personality profiles passed off as aca demic tests) and report cards for parents. Add a huge supply of edible “tokens” for immediate gratification after correct responses blended into mixture. Baste until ALL are completely BRAINWASHED. Strain out all ABSOLUTE values and morals. Sprinkle with Change Agents. Simmer for twelve years to fourteen years.

Serving Size: Approximately 40,000,000 children