I find the title of your post interesting:
"SAT Scores See Biggest Decline Since 1975"
Then two posts later is the following title:
"Home-schooled students successful at A&M"
Do I need to comment further?
We need to throw more money at the problem, teach more social diversity curriculum and stop making learning so damn hard!!
The little public educated darlings are non-confrontational,
gender and race neutral, and live by the maxim of "its not fair." They will make fine cannon fodder in times of national emergency.