he essentially made it a matter of functioning. all he is saying, you just need to turn it on. how effectively it works is not up to the state. and hang on. i ahead to read this through to try to understand. if it is not up to the states to make sure that the kids are litera literate, whose job is it? it is up to the states, but you he is saying they did their job. but they clearly don t have equal access to education because these are the schools in low income black neighborhoods. and to that point, we cannot ignore the racial element to this story and decision. detroit public school right now has a population of over 80% black students. 20% is on iep, individual education programs. that requires them to have a bit more assistance, will be hafr l i behavioral issues, academic