As someone who's been involved in education governance for twelve years I couldn't agree more with your presentation of the challenges and the solutions to them. The entrenched power system is centralized with big bureaucracy and big union battling for command and control. Though I've been invited to many forums where we've deliberated what our education system should be, the system continues to try to be all things to all people.

Though we have a "local" governance model that should allow for parent and community engagement in innovation and support, the model has never been empowered - rather it has been used to maintain the status quo.

The potential of public education to nurture and support personal learning, to embrace transparency and openness, and to be an investment in our collective future is what keeps me involved. But I grow increasingly frustrated with a system unwilling to embrace that potential.