Education, Terrorism, and the UN

You might be wondering how all the items in our title fit into the big picture. Investigative reporter Lisa McLoughlin runs a website called Truth About IB. It is more than just a website that explains the IB program, its origins, costs, agenda and effects. She connects the dots to other important issues that we face nationally. Reprinted here in full with permission is more of what is contained in the educaitonal agenda of the UN as it has worked its way into our American public school system…

IB’s Muslim Agenda and Slush Fund
by Lisa McLoughlin

October 30, 2010 – TAIB wants American readers to fully understand what this “merger” means to IB programs. Most of you already understand that IB, despite its claims of rigorous curricula, is not a curriculum at all. Even at the Diploma level, what IB provides is a framework. IB’s claim to fame is that its programs are the same, everywhere in the world. Let us use Jeffrey Beard’s own words to learn what this means:

The IB’s Director General Jeff Beard hailed the agreement as an important move in expanding the organisation’s geographic reach.

“This is a significant development as it will allow IB to extend its reach in developing countries and draw upon the wealth of expertise AKDN has in providing education to students in some of the poorest and most challenging parts of the world,” he said. “It will help us to broaden our international curricula with specific attention paid to the developing world and Muslim societies. AKDN is recognised for its decades of experience in countries where we would like to strengthen our presence.

The agreement results from a strong alignment of goals and values between the two organisations, including a commitment to pluralism, a desire to increase access to quality education, particularly in the developing world, and shared perspectives on issues such as the importance of ongoing teacher development, and inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning.”

TAIB is pretty sure most Americans don’t share the same goals and values as Ahmadinijad of Iran. Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing. Please help remove IB from U.S. public schools!
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Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You!

October 29, 2010 – This morning, TAIB received a very brief Google alert:

International Baccalaureate (IB), an educational board recognised by universities around the world, will no longer be restricted to the children of the elite in India. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the non-profit Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and the IB Organisation in Paris yesterday.

AKDN has a substantial presence in India with 85,000 beneficiaries under its wrap. They have 10 schools located in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, including two in Mumbai. Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Head of AKDN’s Social Welfare Department, and Jeff Beard, Director General of the IB signed the MoU.

Princess Zahra said, “The agreement with IB will bridge the cultural divide and enable our educational institutions to benefit from their educational philosophy, curriculum expertise and academic excellence.”

The western countries, in return, will gain from a global perspective of the other countries. Till now, only students in international schools in India had access to IB.

So. Why does this matter to U.S. public schools? TAIB would like to point out something that we wrote two years ago when this website went live:

Beginning in 1998 under former Director General George Walker, IBO began an “expansion push” in the U.S. This blossomed when Goals 2000 was adopted and from 2000-2004, IBO made significant gains in this country. Now, with a new DG, IBO is turning its expansion efforts towards takeover in the UK and through the Aga Khan, with less attention being paid to the U.S. This is not a conspiracy theory, this is fact.

Why does this matter, you ask? Think globally. Think world domination and global governance. Who is traveling to India on November 6th?

To ensure fool-proof security, the President’s team has booked the entire the Taj Mahal Hotel, including 570 rooms, all banquets and restaurants. Since his security contingent and staff will comprise a huge number, 125 rooms at Taj President have also been booked, apart from 80 to 90 rooms each in Grand Hyatt and The Oberoi hotels. The NCPA, where the President is expected to meet representatives from the business community, has also been entirely booked.

The officer said, “Obama’s contingent is huge. There are two jumbo jets coming along with Air Force One, which will be flanked by security jets. There will be 30 to 40 secret service agents, who will arrive before him. The President’s convoy has 45 cars, including the Lincoln Continental in which the President travels.” Since Obama will stay in a hotel that is on sea front, elaborate coastal security arrangements have been made by the US Navy in consonance with the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard. “There will be US naval ships, along with Indian vessels , patrolling the sea till about 330-km from the shore. This is to negate the possibility of a missile being fired from a distance,” the officer said.

What else has the Aga Khan’s Development Network been doing lately? Oh my, will you look at this! ADKN just received its 9th consecutive award from UNESCO for its “conservation efforts” in Pakistan. We wonder how many IB schools there are in all of Pakistan? One. How many in India? Seventy-one. Exactly what sort of “conservation” is the AKDN doing in Pakistan? If it was genuinely interested in “improving education” in third world countries and believes IB is the way to do this, why wouldn’t the AKDN throw its billions into Pakistan instead of India where there is already a sizable IB base?

We here at TAIB are obviously not military commanders, nor are we the State Department. It is common knowledge that both India and Pakistan have nukes and that U.S. relations with India are far better than with Pakistan. We must educate ourselves about the beliefs of this Imam of Islam, the Aga Khan. What does he believe?

Aga Khan: People speak about failed states. I do not think that states can fail, but democracies certainly can. The failure of democracy is not specific to the Islamic world. Indeed, about two years ago, the United Nations carried out an in-depth analysis of democracy in South America. About 55 percent of the population in South American states said that they would prefer to live under a paternalistic dictatorship instead of an incompetent or corrupt democracy that is not improving their living condition.

Aga Khan: I am very, very worried about Iraq. The invasion of Iraq had an impact across the world like nothing before in modern times. The invasion has unleashed every force in the Islamic world, including the relations between the Arabs and non-Arabs and the relationship between the Shia und the Sunni.

This isn’t good, folks. This isn’t good at all.