Reply #19: The only people who can stop this are parents of public school kids.

[erinlough]

Parents brought the passage of laws to educate special education students because they attacked en-mass. They are the only ones who have the power, period. I am fighting in my state via my teachers union, but the politicians see the promise of money and they are not swayed by what will be best for kids. Parents are not involved in schools in this way. If their children seem to be doing OK at school they are happy and I don't fault them. They are overworked, over scared about everything, many are out of work.

Arne and Barrack will get their way in this and personally I hope it works, because I truly care about the kids and after 35 years of fighting, I'm tired and ready to say maybe they know something I do not. If you ask me this is the stupidest most foolhardy plan I have ever seen. How can privatizing schools, lowering the requirements to become a teacher, paying on a merit pay basis, and testing, testing, testing equate to better education???? It is just stupid, and slick.......but then they must know more than I do about education.....right???