The city of Chicago was the first to adopt a city-wide OBE type system in the 1970's. After ten years of decreased results, a group of parents sued the educational administrators for malpractice, and the program was dropped. OBE programs have also been tried and rejected in school systems in Montana, Tennessee, and New Mexico. Anytime a school system has to hide what it is doing from parents, it is time to be alarmed. Anytime school administrators cannot give clear answers to simple questions, it is time to be suspicious.
Anytime schools try to take over the role of parents, it is time to demand a change.
Outcome Based Education seems designed to strip away the last influence of our historic Christian culture from the public school system. Dr. Phil Stringer is Executive Vice President of Landmark Baptist College, Haines City, Florida.