Thanks kcab and Katelyn's mom.

I'm reasonably embedded in educational issues. Between having to deal with issues related to educating gifted kids, I teach p/t a community college and have done grant review for education-related grants. I've been a voracious reader on the subject for the last ten years, so I wasn't making stuff up out of thin air here.

I believe that most people want to fix the school system here. What's so frustrating is that so many of them trot out the same ideas that haven't worked (we need more money, etc.). I think a major obstacle is that most people don't want to change. ?

Val