“Our current standards are regimented and punitive. We need to value both individual students and our excellent teachers. Pay them well and let them teach. Encourage, engage, and reward students. We must not give up on free, public education but we must improve it. We had better schools in the forties and fifties. Reform is needed. Two years of college or trade school should be within reach of every high school graduate. We need to again be an educated citizenry.”