The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America A Chronological Paper Trail By: Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt Do you care about your child's education? Ever wonder what all those assessments, tests, questionnaires and surveys are really for? Ever wonder why the school labeled your child "special needs"? Why does the school keep insisting your child is doing well when you know your child is not doing well? Are you really the only parent who ever complained? A Whistleblower's Account Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the US Department of Education, blew the whistle in the 80's on government activities withheld from the public. Her inside knowledge will help you protect your child from controversial methods and programs. In this book you will discover: * How good teachers across America have been forced to use controversial, non-academic methodology in their classrooms. * How school "choice" is being used to further dangerous reform goals, and how homeschool and private education are especially vulnerable. * How workforce training (school-to-work) is an essential part of an overall plan for a global economy, and how this plan will short-circuit your child's future career plans and opportunities. * How the international, national, regional, state and local agendas for education reform are all interconnected and have been for decades. A Chronological Paper Trail The deliberate dumbing down of America is a chronological history of the past 100 years of education reform. Each chapter takes a period of history and recounts the significant events, including important geopolitical and societal contextual information. Citations from government plans, policy documents, and key writings by leading reformers record the rise of the modern education reform movement. Americans of all ages will welcome this riveting expose' of what really happened to what was once the finest education system in the world. Readers will appreciate the user-friendliness of this chronological history, designed for the average reader not just the academician. This book will be used by citizens at public hearings, board meetings, or for easy presentation to elected officials. Publication of The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America is certain to add fuel to the fire in this nation's phonics wars. Iserbyt provides documentation that Direct Instruction, the latest education reform fad in the classroom, is being institutionalized under the guise of "traditional" phonics thanks to the passage of the unconstitutional Reading Excellence Act OF 1998. The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America A Chronological Paper Trail By: Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt A Myth - Shattering Book! The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America is a riveting account of 100 years of ongoing, so-called education "reform"---a reform intended to deliberately dumb down your child and your America ----and financed with your money! For the first time: * a book that tells the whole truth. * a book jam-packed with factual information straight from the mouths of leading reformers. * a book which exposes the real agenda behind the latest reform fads -- Goals 2000, School-To-Work, Mastery Learning and Outcome-Based Education (OBE) ---and, most important of all, the New Literacy Movement! "Charlotte Iserbyt is to be greatly commended for having put together the most formidable and practical complication of documentation describing the "Deliberate Dumbing Down" of American children by their education system." ----Samuel Blumenfeld, quoted author and phonics expert. Public education teachers give high marks to this whistleblower's account: "Iserbyt's book is a psychological lifeboat for teachers who feel trapped on the 'education Titanic."' Polly Ball,B.S.,30 yr. teacher, elementary education. "I applaud Iserbyt for her shocking, completely documented expose.' A dynamite book which presents a clear chronology of educational restructuring. Compelling evidence shows school reform, supported by all political stripes, to be a totalitarian plan using Skinnerian behavior modification and other equally manipulative psychological techniques to subjugate future generations in a state of ignorant bliss." O. Jerome (Jed) Brown, M.A. 25 yr. teacher, former candidate WA State Supt. of Public Instruction. "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America provides knowledge critical to combatting the educational crisis we are facing. This all-in-one reference book should be added to everyone's personal library." Bettina Dobbs, R.N., B.S., M.S., retired teacher, President of Guardians of Education for ME. "Iserbyt has directed her flashlight into the darkest, secret, elitist corners of academe, flushing out and exposing to the light of day the termites who have been eating away at the foundations of traditional academic education." Gene Malone, B.A., M.E., 30 yr. teacher, founder of Freedom 2000/USA. "This country, if it is to remain a sovereign, free and independent America, depends upon the greatest number of Americans reading and acting upon the information in this timely book." Ann Herzer, M.A. , Reading Specialist, 20 yr. teacher, former candidate AZ Supt. of Pub. Inst. member Dau.Am.Rev. "Teachers: Don't miss reading this book! It's what you've been waiting for!" Barbara McFarline-Kosiec, Ph.D. in Leadership Education, 35 yr. teacher. "Unbelievable book! Iserbyt's straight shooting tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This is a 'must read' for elected officials, who should give serious consideration to her proposals to turn the situation around. Home schoolers and traditional teachers will not be able to put this book down." Steve Schran, B.S., 15 yr. teacher, professional musician. Ordering Information: This book is an absolute must for ALL Americans -- especially for parents, teachers, and elected officials! To order, please send a check or money order for $29.95 (Maine residents please add 6% tax $1.80) plus $5.00 shipping and handling to: 3 D Research Co. 1062 Washington St. Bath, ME 04530 Name _______________________________ Address______________________________ _____________________________________ City_____________State____Zip_________ Phone______________Fax______________ E-mail________________________________ Thankyou for your order. Do it not only for yourself, but do it for your children. _____________________________________________________ I got a box full of this wonderful flyer today, & I just had to share it with you all. I've already told Charlotte I'm not in it for any commission, I'm in it for the idea of letting others know that this wonderful resource will be accessible to everyone on the truth about just what went so very wrong. This is great to have all this great knowledge in one book. Apparently this book has grown in size, so the price is well worth the value. Think of all the years of educational research going into this book. To me that's great. I've always made education my thing in life. The kids in this country do deserve so much more out of life and get less and less. Parents need to be made aware of this.