“What’s Wrong with School-to-work?” by Robert Holland
This speech was given by Robert Holland on February 12, 1997, at a conference entitled “What Goals 2000 Means to the States.” Robert Holland is a columnist and Op-Ed Editor for the Richmond...
View Article“What’s Wrong With School-to-Work,” by Lynne Cheney
What’s Wrong With School-To-Work By LYNNE CHENEY Almost everyone agrees that schools need to do a better job of preparing students for the workplace. So the “school-to-work” programs now up and...
View ArticleA Report on National Standards, Assessments, and Certificates in Education...
A Report on National Standards, Assessments, and Certificates in Education – (Part I) Prepared for the Ohio State Board of Education Researched and compiled by Diana M. Fessler For further information,...
View ArticleDear Hillary Letter – 1992
The “Dear Hillary Letter” lays out the master plan for a seamless web of reform, Outcome Based Education, and School-to-Work (Links to the Congressional Record). This letter was later re-written as a...
View ArticleWhat’s the Problem? — The System
HR 1385, The Workforce Investment Act, was passed in 1998. It was just one more piece of the puzzle creating the School-to-Work system. The various pieces of legislation, passed over several years, has...
View ArticleDr. Shirley McCune-speaking at the 1989 National Governors’ Conference
Dr. Shirley McCune describes her vision of an ideal education system in this 1989 speech. The government would anticipate the future, completely transform education, and train children to become good...
View Article“Skills and Tasks for Jobs: A SCANS Report for America 2000″
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...
View Article“Learning a living: A blueprint for high performance. A SCANS report for...
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...
View ArticleStop the Common Core – Important Video
Have you been hearing about the "Common Core State Standards"? Here is a video which explains the frightening concept and which explains that this is just one component of a larger agenda. The speaker,...
View ArticleBah! Humbug! No more Dickens with Common Core
Bah! Humbug! Those of us educated before the Common Core will know what literary work is referenced by that exclamation. Okay, so those who watch movies may also know…but they will understand that the...
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