A SUPERB EXPLANATION OF PROGRESSIVE'S TAKEOVER OF PUBLIC EDUCATION:

 

 http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/02/how-progressive-education-and-bad-philosophy-corrupted-the-people-undermined-the-constitution-of-the-united-states/#ixzz2MIFjh0UF

I don't necessarily believe that we should close our public schools.  I'm trying to fix them by putting them back like they were for hundreds of years--when they worked just fine! But the points made in this article that tell us how everyone was fooled are quite on point.