Looks like Arne phasing out local control in modifying test-taking for Special Education.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. It's like teaching... or PRETENDING to teach... quadratic equations to 17 yo kids...

with Down Syndrome.

"All kids can learn" and the CCSS requires it .... yada yada yada....so schools are going to require SP ED teachers to do this no matter how LUNATIC the idea.

There's all sorts of craziness, ignorance and dysfunction running loose here but the bottom line is a political class that has no need for... and will never USE... the service ( i.e. public education). It is simply a "problem" that needs to be addressed ( in THEIR minds) politically. In other words... they think they need to be SEEN as doing something to "solve the problem".

The dilemma is they can't isolate or identify the problem. For instance: what is the problem with teaching a 17 year old kid with Down Syndrome what he needs to learn to live independently? ( Which is NOT quadratic equations)

The "problem" here is not the problem.

The problem is the politically engineered "solution".