Bust the union.
Whoever decide that public employees should be able to unionize was out of their ever-lovin' minds. It has become a monster. No matter how much money is fed into "public education", it is NEVER enough. 24% of Minnesota's state budget goes to education, and every year the MNEA whines they need more. If the ENTIRE state budget were allocated, it still wouldn't be enough to satisfy these leeches.
I'd love to see public unions busted. We'd find out real quick who was worth their salaries and who isn't. But good luck ever finding a way to do it. The politicians don't have the stones for the fight, and thus the public (us) will continue to be a big fat cash cow for the unions.