These are complex questions. Which means they probably should NOT be left to a political process to decide. Parents and the students themselves (eventually) s

These are complex questions. Which means they probably should NOT be left to a political process to decide. Parents and the students themselves (eventually) should decide. Will some make mistakes and fail? Yep. But that's better than the entire system being hobbled, which is our current situation. We have a tendency of trying to take over everyone's decision just because some suck at making decisions. We seem to want people to think they are like everyone else rather than experiencing consequences and learning from feedback. I watched Waiting For Superman the other night and apparently this is the exact same problem that is preventing the public schools from getting and developing the great teachers that great teaching requires. The unions want us to think all teachers are the same and do whatever they can to stop bad teachers from being fired. Anyone concerned about the quality of education should check out this movie.