His amendment to the education secretary's motion, which highlighted concerns among teachers about assessment, qualifications and the implementation of the new curriculum was passed at decision time.
Education Secretary Michael Gove said the decision to fund development of the new curriculum should help revitalise maths teaching in schools and colleges.
While the district appealed the decision, Mr. Singleton and his staff retooled the curriculum and tried to erase the budget gap by closing one of the district's three schools and trimming budgets in all departments.
Without tying ethics to a business curriculum, "we are graduating students who are very myopic in their decision-making, " says Diane Swanson, founding chair of the Business Ethics Education Initiative at Kansas State University.