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I have kids in the school public system, and it is degraded to a shameful state

ghostrider, I teach in FL's public school system, and I can tell you that parents I have met told me they pulled their kids out of private school to go to a school they believed was better, based on the school grade and parents' comments, and that school is a public school.

In addition, FL under Gov Bush has more Nationally Certified teachers than every state but one, and before Gov Bush took office, we had amost none. Teachers are working hard in this state, and there is nothing "shameful" about that.

Also, FL has one of the most difficult student populations in the country, as it is highly transient, with lots of migrants workers, and, it has many students who do not speak English as a first language.

If you are unhappy with your public school, look for a better one, and you can thank Gov Bush for encouraging school districts to offer you the option to choose whatever public school you want. Surely there is a better one not too far from wherever you live. Even Bill McMumble won't take his kids out of public schools here in FL, and if the schools were really as bad as he says they are, I am sure he would have taken his kids out long ago.

As for your other comments - I think political leaders who try to change the existing systems have it rough, because no matter what they do, people are highly critical. State workers hated Service First (even though, BTW, they all got raises after 9-11 at a time when others in the country were being laid off), and people like you claim it was not good enough.

I still say what Gov Bush did is better than a candidate like McMumble who has no plans to do anything.

That's your typical response. Party mantra...blah, blah blah! I would have hoped that a teacher would spend more time teaching folks to broadly look at the issues and to think for themselves. A teacher should respect the right of people to see things differently and search for the whole truth, rather than to slam those who don't have their narrow view of things.