These are not the isolated idiosyncrasies of particular teachers. They are products of numerous books and other educational material in programs packaged by organizations that sell such curricula to administrators and teach the techniques to teachers. Some packages even include instructions on how to deal with parents or others who object. Many parents who have been appalled to discover what has been going on in the schools have fought lonely and frustrating battles against the education establishment. That line will be used, even when controversies and lawsuits are raging all across the country over a particular brainwashing program.
Parents are also likely to be told that all the educational experts support the program.
When the futility of individual protest leads to organized activity, that is when the cry of censorship goes up from the education establishment and the media rush to the rescue, invoking the specter of the religious right. The N. E. A. has funded the production of a recent 196 page manual titled What's Left after the Right . At least the writer admits that Christians are right. The manual lumps conservatism into a monolithic mold and presents them as extremists without any justification to their charges. The manual claims that the large percentage of critics of public education are self-serving, power seeking, out for revenge, or are seeking financial gain.