Maybe I read the article incorrectly, but I am not under the impression that they are interested in getting rid of learning standards or doing away with core subjects, etc. What they are interested in doing is contextualizing learning to their culture, to make it more understandable to children. I'm not sure why anyone would take issue with this. What I think is the more interesting topic, however, is that they want instead to do this with the federal government, not the state government. Now that introduces some interesting precedents and sticky wickets....