Tony Bennett and Trofim Lysenko: Separated at birth?

To refresh your memory as to Lysenko, Wikipedia's fine.

The biggest loser in the Tony Bennett resignation, by Valerie Strauss (Washington Post)

... What Bennett did in Indiana and the Board of Education did in Florida show how little the rules matter to some school reformers who wrap themselves in the mantle of “accountability for all” but try to escape it themselves. In both Indiana and Florida, the Bush-inspired A-F school grading system had to be changed to keep corporate-influenced school reform from collapsing under the weight of its own illogic, revealing the reform model as bankrupt.