The talk was phenomenal...I saw the link, and thought we'd have a video, so was personally disappointed with "just the slides", but yes, those were nice to have. I really wanted to jot down that horrifying quote. Apparently RR applied for a grant with the department of education, and got this in response,
While challenging and improving the mathematical problem-solving skills of high-performing students are surely every-day objectives of those who teach such students, it is not a problem, relatively speaking, of major import in American education.