Schools have Bureaucracy and Superman had Kryptonite

Stan Karps response to the Waiting for Superman Documentary gives hope that there are people out there who really know whats going on.  He mentions the teacher bashing that has become a national phenomenon is damaging this public institution.  One of his comments that I found most interesting is this negative view of teachers and the public schools has exploded since our country's financial systems have unraveled and now lie in shambles.  Its as though the government leaders got together and tried to find a scapegoat for all the national failures, "hey I  have an idea, lets attack the teachers and their greedy unions, that should take the heat off us for awhile".
   Most of the opponents of teachers and the public school system have upside down priorities as Karp explains, its not about the child it's about the profit.  Cutting school budgets and giving tax breaks to the wealthy as Karp tells the audience has happened in his state of New Jersery, is the new motto - "do more with less". People, uninformed, uneducated and bitter people, believe schools have failed soley because of bad teachers and the unions who protect them.  Ignoring as Karp suggests that poverty is one the most  insideous obsticles to a quality education and a motivated child.  How can schools combat poverty and inequality?  Karps research showed that poverty in America is at 23%.
   The buzz around schools districts is the whole idea of "privatization".  Many systems have privatized schools busses, secretaries, maintaince and crossing guards.  Karp speaks of state and local governments privatizing the classroom.  Will this help the students, will it combat poverty, homelessness, hunger, lack of motivation, lack of parental involvement?  Privatization equals money for the wealthy.  The culture of power will never end if this is ever invoked.  Karp states" by taking the learing out of the classroom and putting into the hands of the bureaucracy means unequal access for many". 
   Karp quotes a Stanford study of charter schools stating that only 17% get better scores on the standarized tests but more than double that do worse than traditional public schools.  Also in the Stanford study they found out that those 17% were highly selective on who would and should attend.  Karps response to standarized tests is "if we spent as much time, effort and money on getting kids out of poverty vs the time, money and effort that is put into testing students - we would actually be ahead of the game".  Than what would gov't agencies do?
   Karp speaks of educational tragedy and the clueless disrepect towards classroom teachers as detremental to a productive and cohesive public institution.  The bureaucracy doesn't get it, they are unaware,(by choice) of what it takes to run a successful school or what it takes to be a teacher.  If this trend and attitude don't change then not only are teachers in trouble but so is a whole generation of students.