EDUCATION (S.M.A.R.T.)

Any educator will tell you there are kids with book smarts and there are kids with street smarts. They will also tell you that if you put them together, you get trouble. The kids with street smarts can't keep up and the kids with book smarts don't get the opportunities they deserve. However, if you separate them, you get real results. Fast.

Charles Montgomery Burns has a plan that will dramatically improve New York City's failing public schools, cut class sizes, increase graduation rates, and improve test scores across the board.

By administering the latest and most determinant in standardized aptitude tests, the lean new Board of Education will sort out and distinguish the book-oriented children while diverting the other, more street-oriented students into an alternative education system. The students with book smarts will have state-of-the-art facilities, focused attention from teachers, and advanced college preparation while the street smart students will thrive in a secure learning environment, advancing without the problematic effects of tests and textbooks. Burns. For the children.