Reply #13: I may be too idealistic, Dinger, but I...

[YvonneCa]

...think he really wants to do the right thing for education and for our children's future...and the country's future...but he is listening to the wrong people. I do not honestly think he cares about the votes...at least not as his number one priority (unlike Rove did). I think he gets that education needs fixing and he wants to rebuild it. I have always agreed with him on the urgency and the goals.

But I also believe he is getting bad advice. He hears Gates and Sharpton and Gingrich (and Duncan) over Ravitch and teachers and others...like the author of this article. That's why I think teachers must continue to engage and be louder...and eventually be heard. Obama is intelligent...if we make our case in the debate, I think he will consider our ideas. If he loses teachers, the worse part won't be the votes he and the Dems will lose...as bad as that would be. The worse part will be a failure to fix public education for our children's future. JMHO. :hi: