The president rightly says he wants to mobilize the country. But in his State of the Union, he notably omitted any discussion of teachers' unions, identified by many reformers as a serious obstacle to charter schools, standards and testing, and school choice. The teachers' unions were the biggest single delegate group at last year's Democratic convention, and it's up to Clinton to bring them along now. He could find a surprising ally in the new, reform-minded head of the National Education Association, Bob Chase. The last thing this country needs is another crusade that goes nowhere.
People are already weary and cynical.
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