I scratch my head in wonder at the “outcomes” the Hunter Task Force envisions for children who have been given a pass in math because they produced a “creative essay” having something to do with numbers. I’m assuming numbers will be involved, because math…but you never know.

There’s an expression: “kicking the can down the road.” The futures of these disadvantaged students will be kicked into oblivion by this cynical strategy. Let them be somebody else’s problem ten years from now, when they’re unprepared to live as independent adults in a competitive economy. But maybe Hunter, out of the goodness of its heart, has a plan to support these unemployable people for the rest of their lives. That would be nice.