You can’t address public education unless you address the fundamental problems with how we hire, pay, promote, and fire the teacher

The problem with all these reform policies is that they are focused on the teacher. Teachers are at the bottom of the barrel in the education world. They can't choose the books, schedules, punishment, or much of anything in the class room. They are even told what to teach regardless of the abilities of there students.

How about the principals, directors of curriculum, various specialist, and all the rest of the "other" people in education.