Education is not an enumerated power of the Federal Government under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution, and powers not delegated to the federal government belong the the States respectively, or to the people, as stated in the 10th amendment. Nevertheless, federal funding was first given to the states in 1965 under President […]
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Reports, bills, and other documents which help explain past and current education policies.
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.)
This is a Federal School-to-Work document explaining the new education system which would have as it’s goal the training of human resources. Education would no longer be for the benefit and enrichment of the student; it would no longer be to equip the student with information and knowledge to meet life’s challenges.
The student would be subject to government-defined career tracks, and an obstacle course of assessments and certifications. Different certificates would be needed to enter the workforce. The government becomes the gatekeeper between citizens and their jobs.
This Federal publication gives a government job description of a large list of jobs, and explains how the government thinks this job is done. I doubt if a bureaucrat, sitting in Washington D.C. is familiar with all these jobs…such as manure-spreader, for example….yet here are the government specifications for these tasks.
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Paradigm Change: More Magic than Logic by John C. Hillary, is an article from the 1990-91 issue of OUTCOMES, a professional education journal on outcome-based education. Read the article linked from the “American Deception” website.