<p>Last evening I heard about a local news story </p>
<p><a href="http://www.startribune.com/1592/story/822806.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.startribune.com/1592/story/822806.html</a> </p>
<p>which illustrates how clueless school officials here are about improving learners' chances to learn math up to a meaningful standard. I'm glad I homeschool.</p>