[AFreeBird]

Okay. No kids here so no dog in this particular hunt.

Still, given the track record of “education” in this country...... it seems we went from a “can do” people to a “can’t do” people. And yes, I realize that’s a broad blanket statement that isn’t fair to everyone but it seems the way we’re headed sometimes.

[Mr. K]

You do have a dog in this hunt...

Do you want an uneducated populace surrounding you?

Stupid people are the single biggest problem on the planet.

[Tired of Taxes]

You do have a dog in the hunt. You're a taxpayer. Your money is taken to pay into the system, whether you have kids or not.

we went from a “can do” people to a “can’t do” people.

I agree, but I see the parents complaining about this new math curriculum as the "can't do" ones and the new math curriculum as "can do," if it's supposed to better prepare students for higher level math. Students aren't being held back if they have calculus (for example) in junior or senior year. Then they enter college with it fresh in their minds.