If you read The Underground History of American Education, an opus of a book compiled over thirty years by John Gatto (former NY and NYC teacher of the year), y

If you read The Underground History of American Education, an opus of a book compiled over thirty years by John Gatto (former NY and NYC teacher of the year), you will learn that over a hundred years ago, powerful industrialists sought to shape the public educational system around Darwinian Evolution. What this means is that they believed that most poor children were, as evidenced by their poor status, lesser life forms, and that the school's job was essentially to destroy them, and among other things, remove them from competition for breeding. Free online: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm