Very well put Mr. Stockman... his comments were spot-on and his indignation with the political circus surrounding this issue is refreshing and inspiring.  Whats more, he hopefully reminded the board not to lose sight of the the whole point... what works and has demonstrated to work to effectively educate our children.  Not some social ideology based on generalizations and political career building.  Here&#039;s the thing... the education machine does not want flexible groupings because it makes it harder to meet testing standards for the &quot;more challenged&quot; groupings.  There, I said it.  But I don&#039;t care to make things easier or harder for anyone... I want whatever has demonstrated to be effective in educating our children.  And I don&#039;t care what ridiculous bias data is gathered and distributed, grouping kids with high demonstrated academic ability with those with lower, does not benefit the former.