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Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak open episode 991 from Austin and Northern Silicon Valley on December 17, 2017. They introduce a significant discovery regarding a 1954 congressional document known as the Dodd Report. The hosts suggest this document reveals a long-standing ruse involving major foundations and the American educational system.
The 1954 Dodd Report concluded that foundations used grants to direct American education toward an internationalist viewpoint while discrediting national traditions. While some former KGB agents have claimed credit for subverting the American education system, the hosts argue the foundations themselves were the primary drivers. The report suggests education was pressed into the service of a specific political agenda.
