Actually, if you read the article, the comparison is to the bystanders in the Kitty Genovese case. The author is making the point that the educators and people in charge of education standards are like the bystanders, ignoring the needless pain and suffering of our children due to their horribly compromised support for common core and the state of k-12 education in general.
Well, of course, no such thing happened in the Genovese case - one of the strongest examples of fake news. But it is still a ridiculous comparison.
It’s still a ludicrous comparison.