This is the Fordham Institute's idea of an April Fools' Day joke. They sent this offensive mockery of a map out via Twitter @educationgadfly. Supposedly these were to depict the state's individual standards prior to the coast to coast cure for individuality -- the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
We're not laughing.
But we are smiling.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
-- Ghandi
Saddle up your oxen. We're headed into battle. And we will win.
