Get thee to a library and check out John Gatto's Hidden History of American Education.
Everyone might also want to check out Charlotte Taylor Iserbyt's "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America". She was also an education "insider" (on the federal level) and documents EVERYTHING she says in her book. Her web site is http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com . She even explains why schools are no longer letting little boys actually behave like little boys and how the feminazis and sodomites have taken over the public schools.