Why do we continue to be surprised that year after year, we're producing high school students that can barely read or write?  That can barely add or subtract?  Why do we continue to express shock and outrage that our high school graduates aren't equipped to deal with life in the "real world?"

It's no secret that we don't put our schools or our students in a position to succeed.  Funding tied to religious ideologies, programs like "No Child Left Behind," further burden schools that are barely managing to scrape by as it is.  And there is a group of people, here in California that are adding to the problem by taking steps to make sure our schools and our students continue to languish.