The debate in education at the local and state level is far from placid (as Mike recently described it), and is sometimes incredibly toxic because the issues affect our children and our collective future. There are many fundamental disagreements about what quality education should look like, what it costs, and how it should be delivered. We've been in the middle of many of these debates in the Buckeye State over the last decade. I've in fact been accused by a lawmaker of making "erroneous and insulting accusations" aimed at not just him but his parents. This was in response to a school choice piece I wrote in a local newspaper...Read it here.