Proven Choices Over State Defined "Gold Standards"

How about making some of these proven resources available to parents and advertise them like “This book + less parent/grandparent time than an average work week (just 20 min at a time) = A reading child” or “This book + less parent/grandparent time than a little league or pee wee season = A reading child”

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0671631985?pc_redir=1396887766&robot_redir=1

The fully scripted book is less than $13 retail and all races & income levels have used it successfully to get children reading.

Then there is Saxon (“Saxon students KNOW math.” -The community college counselor looking at my son’s CLEP transcript after inquiring about our math curriculum)

Many teachers find it difficult to teach, but this Biology PhD provided short, well done lectures that makes Saxon
very doable.

http://www.diveintomath.com/

Dr Shormann happens to be a Christian who doesn’t hide his faith, but I don’t see why my state tax dollars couldn’t provide this efficient, effective parental choice for students when my federal tax dollars pay for plenty of Pell grants for tuition at Notre Dame and other faith based colleges.