My dissatisfaction with this action plan (11 page PDF) starts with the 'goals for future state' collectively described by the panelists. Partially this stems from the obvious way politics is driving the process (leading to a desire for "clear boundaries between politics and education") but most of it stems from the way the document emphasizes institutional states and processes and nothing at all about the value students and society are supposed to derive from that. And that's why you get what in essence for each level the time-worn mantra running from policies to collaboration to share understanding to alignment to implementation to community (except for the individual, whose only real imperative is to obey). There's no real understanding that what people will want in the future will force changes in institutional structure and decision-making.
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