I am a teacher at a private school. From my perspective, any endeavor that seeks to go around or hide from parents is poisonous. School boards need to be empowered, the department of education needs to go away, and the teachers union looks to be getting what the steelworkers union got - their fondest wish. My wife works in a public school, my Father worked in a public school, I have many friends who work in the public schools. These are all good teachers, but all of them are constantly saying " I feel like I should speak out about these abuses, but I'd be fired"