A culmination of Laws
passed by Congress in recent years
without constitutional authority
and strengthened in 1990
(with no public debate)
is about to make
radical changes in our lives
. . . .
and especially in the lives of our children.

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Tangled Web

First "Outcomes"

Certificate of Initial Mastery
Personal experience from a "Pilot School"

Cottage Grove High [Oregon] has now awarded its first such certificates. In June 1994 a young man by the name of Jay Tennison received his CIM, which listed on the left side what he had become, on the right what he could do.

He had allegedly learned to be the following: Involved Citizen, Quality Producer, Self-Directed Learner, Constructive Thinker, Effective Communicator, and a Collaborative Contributor. At the same time he had learned to do the followig: Quantify, apply Math/Science, Understand Diversity, Deliberate on Public Issues, Understand Positive Health Habits. All this by the end of the tenth grade!

His mother, however, disagrees and posted the following commentary on an Internet loop. [Emphasis added.]

[My son] has received his CIM, [see Appendix VIII] for which he has met the following standards: [as listed above on the certificate]. Of course he cannot diagram a sentence, conjugate a verb, construct proper sentences or spell (English is NOT taught at Cottage Grove High School.) He has not been taught Algebra I or II, Geometry or Trigonometry. He can, however work story problems from his Alice in Wonderland story books and tell his teacher how he "feels" about his story problems. (This is College Prep, Interactive Math). He is in his 12th year of school and has not studied Biology, Geography, Civics, English, etc. He spent an entire year in a World of Work class, based on the Dept. of Labor's SCANS report. He has written a resume, can read a phone bill, speak publicly, has been taught how to receive merchandise on a loading dock, work well in groups for group grades (no individual achievement is recognized) [See Appendix III], has studied Death, Dying and Suicide, gone to a mortuary to see how a dead body is processed, role played when to have sex and discussed what kind of protection to use ...

Folks, this program is NOT about academic reform. It is about getting these kids jobs, changing their values and teaching them NOT to rely on an outside authority to tell them right from wrong, and IT IS coming to your school soon. Remember, WE are your "pilot school." [Emphasis added.] (page 19)

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Summary of the book,Tangled Web,
by Joe Esposito
A culmination of Laws passed by Congress (with no public debate -- and for which they had not one shred of constitutional authority) is about to make radical changes in our lives -- and especially in the lives of our children. Following are ...

Introduction
"School to Work" and "Total Quality Management" are deceptive terms for what is being sold piecemeal (to each according to what he would like to hear) to educators, to parents, to industry, and to labor. But the whole pie, when in place, will look very different from the individual pieces. The real losers will be the children.

"The Thief of American Individualism" by Tim Clem
A former Xerox executive sums it all up.

School to Work and SCANS
"Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. Without the public's knowledge and without being codified in law, SCANS is being used to radically transform education and the workforce into ONE system in the United States."

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Researched and Compiled
by Joe Esposito
The fully documented report