Is there anything closer to a Nicene Creed for the modern state than state educational standards? A set of "we believe..." statements that a council agrees on? That separates full members of society (high school graduates) from those who are probationary (students) or shunned (dropouts)?
And the fact that we can't agree (Idaho is punting by making all "supporting content" from our version of NGSS not part of the standards) is just one more way in which we - the left and right - can't live together as one country.
I've gone to 3 days of hearings/voting on these standards; it's fascinating and bizarre.
