Public Education

I'm disgusted with policy-makers who continue to disregard every scrap of research-based information and instead of listening to professionals in the education field, continue to cater to lobbyists and other politicians that are only looking out for their own personal interests. No Child Left Behind is perhaps the worst education legislation ever passed, but I can't say Race to the Top is much better. It's obvious there is a problem in our nation's public education system, but the measures being implemented to "fix" it are so counterintuitive and counterproductive it would be laughable if it weren't so alarming.