April 19, 2017
K-12: Quacks Rule
By
Bruce Deitrick Price
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Lynd's book shows that almost 70 years ago, education was already deeply corrupted. Its true direction could not be revealed, which was to subvert traditional education and replace it with
socialist indoctrination. The challenge for the Education Establishment was to recruit and shape people who would perpetuate this secret sabotage so that, for example, 70 years into the future (i.e., today), the field would
still be undermining what has traditionally worked. We must admit that the top brass have been successful.
Lynd's shrewd, sarcastic book is one of the best early exposés of how
John Dewey and Gang dumbed down the schools. It's still a good read (and
still available on Amazon). Lynd is smarter, better educated, and more ethical than the people he writes about. He depicts education as a wasteland focused on controlling doctrine while generating big bucks. Lynd is alert to something that almost everyone else misses: the quasi-communists sabotaging the school system are skillful capitalists. Their ideological crusade funds itself!
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The Education Establishment is always whining about more funding. They would like you to forget that many people make good money in this field, probably more than they can make outside. While teachers average $40,000 (and college English professors average $90,000),
principals, administrators, and superintendents are often over $150,000 and pushing past $200,000. People at the top get grants, awards, publishing deals, promotions, and sabbaticals. These compensations buy loyalty.
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Ignorance, illiteracy, and maybe some cooking – that's the perennial goal of the quackery entrenched in our public schools.
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