The shame is that "writers and social scientists" think the solution is to dumb down the curriculum. You don't make muscles stronger by asking them to do less. The same applies to young skulls full of mush.
You can’t achieve equality of outcome until the requirements are dumbed down to the least able student. Screw that. The schools are aiming to produce a shitty product. Defy them. Run circles around those union nitwits warming seats at the head of the classroom.