"One must wonder how it is possible
to talk of improving schools while
cutting funding,
demoralizing teachers,
cutting scholarships to college,
and increasing class sizes.
The real story in Madison
is not just about unions
trying to protect their members'
hard-won rights.
It is about teachers who are fed up with attacks on their profession."
from an article by Diane Ravitch
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-20/opinion/ravitch.teachers.blamed_1_bad-teachers-public-employee-unions-test-scores/2?_s=PM:OPINION
As a public school teacher, I can not express it any better.