Quote of the day: Memorial Day and courage

“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” --Billy Graham

Noisy teacher mob in Indiana doesn’t stop charter school legislation

Legislators on both sides of the aisle, Dems as well as Republicans, in Indiana get it – charter schools work, and their state deserves more of them.

And, those legislators have the …… (choose your own term) to stand up to a mob-like group of teachers who don’t get it.

Gov. Mitch Daniels also laid it out plainly about his state’s teacher’s union officials:

“Their priority is their organization, not the young people of Indiana. Their special interest domination of education policy from the local level to the Statehouse has hurt Indiana children for too long and this year, change must finally come.”

Read all about senior leaders in Indiana with courage and conviction to do the right thing for students here.

I sure hope this will finally inspire some of our legislators to do the right thing for kids instead of cowering before noisy educators who selfishly stand in the way of educational progress.