Education

and as the mother of a couple of kids who went to school, I say this: Fund our schools the way they should be funded. That's just for a start. When I moved my children from our very good public schools to an even better independent (read private) school, it was an eye-opening experience about what schools should be. Much smaller classroom sizes. Teachers who were well trained in their subject areas and felt they had the backing of parents and administration.

I am all too aware that one of the huge issues with the public schools is they must take all comers. All the more reason they should be funded much more than they are now.

There's only so much that can be done about indifferent or hostile parents, but if teachers and schools were given the respect (and at the risk of repeating myself) the funding they deserve, it would be much better.