From the article  &#62;&#62;In this approach math is substantially dumbed down for "equity" reasons and students are asked to discover age-old principles on their own.<p>Charlotte Iserbyt, former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, wrote the free eBook (pdf) "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" <a href="http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/</a>