The teachers unions fought a good fight.  They lost.  Mike Pence delivered the deciding vote yesterday to confirm Betsy DeVos to head the Department of Education.  As with much of President Trump's agenda, the left is apoplectic.  We get that.  After having to endure eight years of Barack Obama's "fundamental transformation," we know what it means to be in the opposition party. But herein lies the difference: while opposing Barack Obama, we never sought to destroy the institutions that served the general populace.  The "radical left" has been on a tear since the day after the election.  (See Berkeley, confirmation hearings, protests, judicial activism, etc.) Teachers unions, and by extension teachers, are now faced with a choice: they can "help" lead, follow, or get out of the way.  The objective is, first and foremost, the education of America's children.  Make no...(Read Full Post)