ABSTRACT
Open season on education continues. The media, candidates for public office, conservative pundits, corporate leaders, nearly everyone it seems, has an opinion on what's wrong with schools. I have mixed emotions about all this attention. On the one hand, what could be wrong with placing issues of what education does and should do front and center? As someone deeply involved in thinking about and acting upon schools, it's rather pleasing to see that conversations about teaching, curricula, evaluation, funding, and so much more are not seen as the logical equivalent of conversations about the weather. The fact that these discussions often are heated is also something to be welcomed. Mter all, what our children are to know and the values this should embody is serious business.
