I first became aware of the concept of an intentional dumbing down of Americans through the public school system when I read the works of John Taylor Gatto and only recently was introduced to Charlotte Iserbyt’s book on the same topic.
Iserbyt knows what she is talking about. She served as Senior Policy Advisor in the [...]

The following video “Call to Dunkirk” compares rescuing our children from the public schools to the rescue of trapped allies at Dunkirk, France by ordinary citizens during World War II.
In the video Voddie Bauchman gives a good description of public schools in his call to march out of them. “The first place we need to [...]

Homeschooling is legal in all 50 U.S. states and controlled by state legislation. Since the specific requirements vary from state to state, make sure you know what the regulations are for your state. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, is a good resource for locating state-specific legal information. The following HSLDA map gives an [...]

I would have loved to have been at the ceremony in 1991 when John Taylor Gatto received the New York State Teacher of the Year award. Here is a synopsis of his acceptance speech. I’m sure those at the ceremony were a little surprised by what he had to say.
“These are the things I teach, [...]

As an early teen Einstein clashed with authorities and resented the school regimen. He later wrote that the spirit of learning and creative thought were lost in strict rote learning.
Many are familiar with Edison’s early years. His mind wandered in school and his teacher described him as “addled.” Edison’s official schooling lasted only three months. [...]