The United Nations has declared the years 2005 to 2014 to be the decade for Education for Sustainable Development.

According to the UN Bruntland Commission: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

In reality, it is a philosophy of redistributing wealth and destroying freedom.

Whatever happened to reading, writing, and arithmetic as the focus of teaching in public schools? This is what happens when the school feels the need to teach “Higher Order Thinking Skills” instead. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announces his push for “green” education. See the press release.