Reply #5: Many are important:

[LWolf]

the environment
the economy
labor issues
etc.

but the issue that gets me up in the morning is public education.

*End high-stakes testing.

*End unfunded mandates.

*End the blame game where the buck stops with me for every one of societies ills.

*Respect, budgetary and legal support, and pay us for what we put into the job; you might be able to attract a few teachers to teach the kids born this year.