Thanks for being a voice of reason.  I can't imagine what the "they're overpaid" grumblers think is an actual solution.  Do they think that lowering teacher salaries will either make current teachers better or attract bright new teachers?

There's the problem with having a lackluster educational system.  Under-educated students grow up to be grumblers who can't reason themselves out of a shallow hole.  Let's cancel the rail, lose the few billion already spent, but take the other few billion and fund the best DOE in the nation!