The student was pressured into eating cafeteria “nuggets” instead. After this incident was reported, the Carolina Journal states that other parents came forward with stories of their experiences. Read the original article, and the follow-up articles.
Beyond curriculum
You may have noticed that teaching the facts and information is now only a secondary goal, and the purpose of schools now seems to be the transformation of society.
In the article, “Schools of the Future…They’ll Become Centers of Learning,” Bremerton Sun, 10/14/89, Dr. Shirley McCune, then a Senior Director of the federally-funded Mid Continent Regional Ed Laboratory, stated in part that
“the school of the future must be far different than that of today to meet the changing needs of society. When you walk in the building there’s a row of offices. In one are drug counselors. One is for social security. Another, family and child psychologists. Yet another has a doctor and nurse who do well-child exams. In the cafeteria, senior citizens mingle with students; there’s a child care center; in the gym, homemakers are taking exercise classes, etc. These are ‘community centers,’ not just schools.”
Dr. Shirley McCune, was the Federal Liaison-Learning and Teaching at the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction from around 1996 to 2008.
There are many aspects of school, beyond the curriculum, that may surprise parents. It is important to keep yourself informed about what is happening.
Money can’t buy everything, it’s true…..but it can buy quite a lot. This article explains how major foundations–primarily the Gates, Broad, and Walton Foundations– influence national education policy.
Change agents work to con the community. Charlotte Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle….
“….According to the report, the mother signed a consent form, which she assumed was to allow her daughter to visit the clinic. Abortion, she says, isn’t mentioned in the paperwork…..” – “My Ballard”, local newspaper
“Bully Bills” have been a vehicle by which politically correct thought can be enforced in schools. Some groups become more protected than others.
“While the school says it sent notices home to the parents of all the girls, many parents claimed that they had not received them. The genital exam was not mentioned in the notice…..” This occurred March 19, 1996.