Ms. Day is right that public education is a government monopoly ran by the MEA, the teacher's union that is all about a political agenda rather than a trade association designed to raise standards in performance of its members. As a parent and taxpayer, I find it disgusting that such poor value is given to our students. We can't be the premier world leader with third world education and liberal indocrination for our students. Sadly, there is no public figure with the intestinal fortitude to make the changes necessary. Anyone who stands up to this nonsense will be excoriated for "hating children". Well-intentioned taxpayers, as a result, will be shoveling more and more cash into the trough and will continue to receive the same shoddy performance for the foreseeable future.