Combine the following ingredients for a total disaster in education.

Mix together:

1 Plump Federal Government (pits and all)

50 State Education Agencies

2 Liberal Teachers Unions (NEA, AFT)

1 National Diffusion Network

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 technology”

and so-called “basic skills improvement”)

Title III (“innovative programs,” psychological experiments, “exemplary” programs;

additional guidance, and “special” programs for wonderful classes in health, population

and global education, testing and counseling)

Title IV (educational labs and centers, libraries, early childhood education, more guidance,

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, “community

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.”

Strain out all ABSOLUTE values and morals.

Sprinkle with Change Agents.

Simmer for twelve years to fourteen years.

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 academic

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.

Serving Size: Approximately 40,000,000 children

Serve leftovers to the next generation. (Ideal to serve to State Senators and Representatives,

U.S.Congressmen and Senators, and other public officials during black tie dinners.)

DESSERT SUGGESTION: TAXES A LA MODE

Source : The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America by Charlotte Thompson Iserbyt

http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/