by Chris Guerrieri - Story updated at 4:16 AM on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010
With 11 of the 19 area high schools either failing or in a "turnaround" status, our public education is in big trouble.
Instead of giving education resources and nurturing, often we have treated it like a tree planted in the woods, just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.
The waters of the education debate are muddied when people claim the only goal of Duval Teachers United, the local teachers' union, is to protect bad teachers from losing their jobs.
