As U.S. test scores drop below those of impoverished countries, some are saying it is time to demand sweeping change. “McCarthyism wasn’t such a bad thing after all” seems to be the mantra of a small band of right-wing extremists, who are running the program that determines what kind of education your kid will receive. These political extremists want to teach America’s kids a narrow and scaled down politically correct version of American history, where words as descriptive and innocent as “capitalist” finds its way onto the list of words “not allowed” in textbooks. Full article.