It's gone on for years and new generations of moms continue to ask the same questions. In each case a mom, somewhere, begins to get angry and starts researching this new education system called Outcome-based Education. At the beginning they are just concerned, they just want to understand. In each case as they uncover more material they are not only horrified by what they find, but, one by one, they discover each other - more moms in the same crusade, nationwide. With the help of the home computer, once reserved for the kids and the family budget, they begin sharing information and research.
Fax machines begin to hum, local libraries become regular gathering places.
School board meetings become the battle ground. But the politicians, while giving them a hearty pat on the back and a warm smile, haven't seemed to take them seriously. Federal intrusion grows with more programs that don't seem to make sense. The children are spending less and less time learning basic skills and more time with the school psychologist or in group sessions openly discussing personal family business. But basic skills continue to diminish as kids can't read beyond a fourth-grade level or figure out what 9 percent of 100 might be.