Greg, thanks for the post. How about private schools, like Catholic schools or parochial schools? Do they suffer from the same (socialist, one world etc.) problem?
The big problem with Catholic/Parochial schools is twofold, first, the big "peace and love thing" and secondly, the ongoing coverup of widespread perversion/Pedophilia which has been routinely paid off, supressed, or just "transferred out".. What is amazing is that in all my years of school, and yes, I am still Catholic, I never actively was exposed to any perverted actions by any Priest. I was just as amazed as everyone else when the allegations began to surface, and even more amazed when I found out a Priest who I thought was a good guy and a good friend was homosexual and a pedophile (he later died of AIDS, which, while not a nice statement to make, proves there still is some justice left in this world).
I think, just possibly, there are private schools which still teach good, old conservative values, but I will be darned if I know where. The dumbing process (I believe there was a post here on FR, which is where I got the part about "removing all the words your children could use for intelligent debate" came from, where CA (where else) the use of words thought to be "offensive" had to be removed from textbooks. There have been similar posts, which as of yet I have not searched for, concerning the same practice nationwide. Given today's climate of widespread Pabulum (with a Ritalin chaser) feeding, and the quaking hordes of handwringers "despising" the "chilruns" exposure to anything useful ( they seem to believe, after all that life is all soft, rounded edges of foam rubber, with airbags, oops, airbags cant be used with kids, I forgot..eerrr child seats facing away from whatever might be offensive (to the parents) while anything perverted or sexual is not only tolerated, but promoted, I simply don't see an answer without some widespread "regime changes". This means the damn NEA, the Communists/Leftists/Demoncrats who support them, the politicians who have established the "cult of zero tolerance" to the point of unadulterated idiocy, but on the level of the "King's New Clothes" (One is not permitted to discuss the abysmal failures and screwups), and especially the apathetic parent/parent(s) optional. Mrs gwmoore happens to work for the justice system, in the District Court, where they actually have such inane waste of Judicial time as "Smoking Court" "Fighting Court", and "Zero Tolerance Court". Even more unbelievable is that often the PARENTS are punished, given several days jail time, while the damn kids are released to continue to do whatever it is they do nowadays (I prefer not to think too much on this, it can be depressing).. Incidentally, if you do have any input, I would appreciate it.
The "project" I mentioned is actually research on a book about the very same thing discussed in this article, albeit probably not as scholarly ( I am an electrical/aeronautical engineer by degree, and we tend to think on the opposite sides of our brains from academics LOL..we are actually supposed to produce things and invent innovations [evil grin]. The working title, at this point is "A Decent into Hell", and will cover the demise of intelligent, reality based education from 1962 to the present. It is a LOT of research, but since I am retired disabled, I do have the time to work on it LOL.....
To sum up, Catholic/Parochial school is better than public at this point in time, if for no other reason than discipline without too much idiocy, but like all of today's education is permeated with leftist thought/propaganda. Frankly, my own preference would be some center course, where one didn't have the "peace love, and one world, love the UN BS" but without being too straitlaced. One of the biggest problems I see happening, and the cause(MY IMHO) of what is percieved to be the rise in school violence has been the supression of the natural growing process. Kids act out all the time, and in my day, playing "cops and robbers, or "cowboys and indians" was a normal, everyday, occurrence, just as playing baseball and generally raising as much hell as one could before being severely chastised by one's parents (LOL) said chastising often causing reminders every time one sat down for several days.... I don't see a return to this anytime soon, unless something either miraculous happens, or people suddenly suffer simultaneous attacks of sanity.
I hope I helped, somewhat. The answer is extremely hard to discern, although the problem, what caused it, and even the dates isn't too hard to pin down. I would, however recommend Catholic school over Public, although you really have to stay on top of what your kid is learning, and make sure you explain reality to her/him compared to what is actually being taught, maybe even on a daily basis. I feel I became a better man for attending Parochial school than public....
Keep the Faith for Freedom & GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Greg