Thanks for posting Jim. An alarming article on so many levels. Programming our kids is so short-sighted. For one, computers are better at being programmed, and they hold a lot more info. Two, force-feeding facts to pass tests is a curiosity-killing process. I'm glad my family lucked into a school that prioritizes an enquiring mind over a filled-in test sheet. Do you have a sense of where your parenting peers are on this issue. Dawning realization? Knew it all along? Doesn't matter?