One thing I will do, and which I hope Republicans will do, is dial back the criticism of public school teachers, and call off the privatization of public high schools. A number of public school teachers on site here (and UNIONIZED public school teachers to boot) were flat-out heroic. The public school system has many systemic problems, but privatizing the daylights out of public schools won't solve the problem; it will only reduce the standard of living of teachers.
I WILL remember THESE teachers the next time someone lets loose with a diatribe. The legitimate criticisms leveled at the public school system needs to be tempered with recognition of the heroic acts of public school teachers in this crisis, and other similarly tragic ones.
As critical as I am about teacher's unions, I have never been a fan of replacing the public school system with private schools. I am accepting of charter schools as an alternative where the public school system is unable to provide a quality and safe education, but certainly not as a replacement. Most of what I desire is reform and improvement within the public school system but like with a lot of things, the influence of money and established interests works against change. The same applies to the gun issue.
Until you get the money out of politics, switching parties merely switches which interest groups are favored and which are disfavored and precludes real reforms.
