[paint_your_wagon]

Or maybe that top down centralized planning and a one size fits none approach not only fails in politics and economics, but also in education.

Remember, one of the real goals that educrats are failing at include “closing the gap”....i.e. equal outcomes for all demographic groups. They have dumbed down the system and called it “excellence in education”.

[DarkSavant]

Or maybe that top down centralized planning and a one size fits none approach not only fails in politics and economics, but also in education.

Exactly. This is a good thing. They should not be dictating what should be done at the local level. We need to go back to local school boards having leverage as opposed to the State and Federal government. If you're whining about local school boards being leftist, do something about it. Increased government intrusion in education is one of the prime factors that created its shoddy conditions today. Break the government stranglehold, break the unions, and you'll start to see real improvement.

[Venturer]

You are right they are closing the gap-—the wrong way.

They are closing it by dumbing down, instead of wising up.