A teachable moment
These opening paragraphs in a New York Times op ed column by Dave Eggers and NÃnive Clements Calegari say it all, and serve to explain why Scott Walker's assault on Wisconsin public school teachers through union busting and resource withdrawal is only going to make our state's education system worse:
When we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. We don’t say, “It’s these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefits plans! That’s why we haven’t done better in Afghanistan!” No, if the results aren’t there, we blame the planners. We blame the generals, the secretary of defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No