With honest, candid expressions of concern and purposeful modifications to the Commission's recommendations, the public's good should be served. And rest assured, the process is about to get quite personal and very political. Those who claim to possess educational Truth serve personal interests not public needs. A second danger will emerge as implementation strategies are outlined. Too few resources for interventions or too much focus on teacher accountability will kill the potential positives for students.
Reform is expensive.
Without resources for interventions and the concomitant teacher professional development, even the best state plan will fail. Further, too much emphasis on identifying teacher effectiveness will result in more litigation than learning. Eventually, accountability programs can be designed, but that is not where the state should begin its work. Reform is occurring in lots of states and many countries.