An excellent article: I would like to read more of the author's ideas for solutions, as he seems to be better able to see all sides of an issue that many of us can only speculate about.
For anyone really interested in this topic, this is a great article, written many years ago, and scarily relevant today
http://www.fredoneverything.net/ColorOfEducation.htmlI offer the link only so as not to fill 9 pages that not all SPMB readers may wish to read, but it would also have been my next post on the "too much information" thread, and both supporters and opponents of teachers unions should read it!