Turns out, a lot of people don't trust what you could the ultimate "big government" approach to teaching our kids. And so the plan has been blasted by conservative thinkers and liberal thinkers, by teachers and by parents of poor inner-city kids and parents of upscale suburban kids. The biggest objection is simply this: That kids waste too much of their valuable classroom time already on "drill-and-kill" test prep for high-stakes exams that don't take into account where a child has been and don't really help him or her get where he or she needs to go. The opinion leaders who are watching their "common sense" reform unravel are now freaking out -- led by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, one of the lesser lights of the Obama administration, who accused "white suburban moms" of undermining the centerpiece of his agenda.