Daggett, Willard (Bill):
(The Airport Hyatt Hotel)
By
Hoye gives the
message that our current education system does great for 25% – 30% of the students.
She wants a level playing field for ALL students.
She points to a book called, “The New Basics” as a guide.
She plays down memorization, abstract and theoretical teaching because they don’t
stick as well as cooperative project
completions.
Now is the time to promote STC
throughout our communities because it “sunsets in 2001.”
Be creative in finding ways to “convince” skeptics, especially parents.
Involve them in the process and they will believe the ideas generated were their
own.
Administrators should only bring in and
surround themselves with people passionate about STW goals.
(Adopt policies to hire, promote and retain only those who are in agreement with
school-to-work ideology?)
Most HS juniors
and seniors (85 percent?) are working with inadequate learning experiences.
She went on and on about change, change, change, and that most parents want schools
to be “museums” of the past.
Students are the
best communicators of the need for change and STW.
(Periodically, a student was brought out to give a “first hand example” of our need
to change, change, change to STW.
She
describes what we are doing (promoting school-to-career) as “the most important thing
happening on our planet!”
Willard Daggett
was clearly the feature event.
His web site is
http://www.daggett.com He was introduced as one who is
“taking on the task of promoting school-to-career in
RETROSPECTIONS:
Both speakers
are promoters of radical change to our educational system.
I should be surprised that erstwhile responsible organizations such as the
Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), and County School Superintendents
along with a list of others sponsored this event.
But I’m not. Some good ideas were
presented at this “academy.” Stagnant
curriculum and subjects should be “weeded out” and replaced.
Classes emphasizing technology manual reading and writing probably do deserve a
place in public schools. But must we diminish
the concept of “local control” of our schools and hand it over to the federal government
just to update our curriculum? Those eager to
embrace a socialist
Sadly, the
program opened with a “true” story about a church that made available space for an ACSA
event. The story went on to portray Christians
as being nice but simple people.
Later on in the program another such “spoof” was told about another Christian
denomination. One may wonder why “enlightened”
secular organizations have this apparent need to belittle Christians.
I don’t. I do wonder, however, why the
few (?) Christian members of organizations such as ACSA tolerate these “innocent” jokes
year after year? (Are other “world
religions” ever the butt of these jokes?)
No questions
were accepted from the floor. Both speakers
accepted written questions only and responded to the agreeable ones.
Mine, naturally, were ignored.
In one of the
“breakout” sessions that I attended, the focus was on how to sell STW to an unaware
community. For the past four years educators,
school board members, teacher unions, and some employers have been the targets of repeated
STW indoctrination. Now, parents, students and
others must somehow be hauled in. One lady
said she thought the name (STW) should be changed because a conservative group called “The
Eagle Forum” is openly and effectively critical
of STW. Other concerned organizations were
reported to be doing the same. I upset some of
the group when I stated that the CA STW State Plan called for heavy federal mandates being
imposed on states and local districts, and that local control would be severely impacted.
A lady responded that she had promoted STC and attended this “academy” for three
years and had never heard of federal mandates, nor had she read any State Plan.
Apparently, touchy questions and opposition were NOT welcome at this STW academy.
Following my skeptical comments, the same lady concluded that, “Now for sure we’ll
have to change the name” and call STC something other than STC.
(Fool ‘em?) I didn’t mention that
I haven’t heard
speakers like this since the radical 1960’s era when those demanding
“change” wore long hair, headbands and sandals.
Daggett and Hoye, smartly dressed illuminists of the world's wealthiest government,
continue to get rich evangelizing cult-like followers across
The taxpayers,
I'm sure, didn't mind picking up the tab for this two-day event, and a hundred others like
it. After all, government does know what's
best for our children and our schools no matter the cost, doesn't it?
If you want to know just HOW rich thumping for the School to Work agenda has made Mr. Daggett, take a look at this Country Living Magazine spread on his home at the beach (these are easier to see if you copy and paste the url into your browser instead of trying to click and open them in the frame of this web page):
http://www.countryliving.com/homes/house-tours/bonnie-daggett#slide-9
