This report almost sounds like science fiction, and some of the educational plans described are unbelievable. Published in January 1970, this 417 page report was written over 40 years ago when the technology it mentions was not yet developed. Now, in 2013, some of these projects are almost ready to be realized. (It’s a big file, so it may take a few minutes to load.)

See the report for yourself.

Some highlights: The first two pages are introductory notes, and the report starts on the third page. Some of the alarming pages that sound like unbelievable science fiction are:

pg 238-second paragraph,

pg 247-categories of changes,

page 251-changes by biological means,

pg 261-ID numbers and control,

pg 270-general plan for implementation. starting at bottom of page.

And we thought education was about reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic!

(Click on the report and scroll down to the desired page.)

Maryland 2nd-grader suspended for chewing food into gun shape School officials have completely lost all common sense! They tolerate the most vile language in their hallways, they accept the wearing of completely inappropriate clothing,  they accept rude behavior, BUT there is a no-tolerance policy toward……..dare I print the word?……..g-u-n-s.  We are not even talking about […]

Schools should be places of learning –of passing down knowledge and culture from one generation to the next. They shouldn’t be places of control, monitoring, and violations of privacy. One student’s protest against this violation has made it to the courts.

Bar-coding and data-archiving information on your children in a free country? In the USA? Don’t say it couldn’t happen. It already is happening. Read J.R. Wilson’s article from Education News .

I have seen students at public school wearing dog-collars and purple spiked hair, I have heard all kinds of foul language being yelled across public school hallways, but I was always told by educators to be easy-going with this age-group. But here is something a Rhode Island school finds really offensive. Read more..

Have you ever been in a large meeting in which you felt manipulated into coming up with a decision you never wanted? You been the victim of the Delphi technique.

“In the ‘you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff’ category, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spending about $1.1 million to develop a way to physiologically measure how engaged students are by their teachers’ lessons.”

Make way for the techno-educrats. Diane Ravitch’s blog reveals their plans for “galvanic skin response” monitoring.

How far will government schools go in collecting data on our students? In this case, St. Louis County parents were able to have this activity-monitoring project to shelved.

San Antonio is doing this in the name of school “safety”. Like all other questionable programs, parents are coaxed into accepting them because it’s for the “good of their children.”