Back during the early Clinton years (and I was a lurker) there was a letter posted on FR from some education guru to Hillary stating something to the effect that "now that you are elected, we can go forward with our plans". Had something to do with School to Work where a child was pegged at an early age whether he/she would go to college or not. If college was not in the works, then the child would be educated for the workforce. The name of the program kept changing because when parents found out about it they raised hell. That is when lots of parents started home schooling. I remember Texas and Ohio being some of the states talked about. I had the letter printed, but when moving I have misplaced it. I hope I can find it. If anyone remembers this and can freep mail it to me I would appreciate it. This indoctrination starts in the first grade and continues throughout a childs education. If parents don't start looking at what Johnny is being taught, we are going to have big problems - bigger than we have now.
OB
Here it is. It's the infamous Marc Tucker letter to Hillary Clinton, which outlines their plans to transform education (and life as we know it)in this country from knowledge-based education to job training -- a seemless web of government interference from birth to death.
http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/marc_tucker/marc_tucker_letter.html Hillary and Bill Clinton sent their daughter to Sidwell Friends in Washington, DC. I don't think Chelsea had any "School-to-Work" training, but then again, she is among the elite. I read on this forum where she is going to accept a job for $100,000 a year.
Hillary was very big on public school students wearing uniforms to school, but several weeks ago, I passed Sidwell Friends and I didn't see any of those kids in uniform.
School-to-Work was tried in my state, but parents went ballistic. The plan was to have juniors and seniors devote one day a week to job training. That would have meant that they would lose 20% of their academic classes. If a student did not wish to particpate, he would be required to take some sort of job training on his own time (weekends, vacations). Today, we have various career classes and career academies, but nothing as radical as School-to-Work.
I believe the government tries to entice poor districts with School-to-Work. It's fine if that's what parents and students want, but parents in my state (who pay a big chunk of change in school taxes) want something better for their children than job training for menial jobs.