The former word is the lede in this JSOnline DayWatch article on the growing number of schools and school districts that simply refuse to teach to a minimum standard, including Milwaukee Public Schools and Racine Unified. It’s a word that one would expect from WEAC and MTA, not a news organization that supposedly is interested in proper education.
I do have issues with the federal government having to lay down the law, but it’s painfully obvious that nobody in Wisconsin has the balls to hold MPS and RUSD accountable for creating uneducated dolts.