Once again, we see rightards representing the "party of personal responsibility" by trotting out scapegoats for the failure of some students to learn. How 'bout the notion that students who fail, and their parents, are responsible for their failure?

Of course, there are going to be some bad teachers, but a motivated kid with an average IQ will learn, anyway. You can lead a horse to water, but we need to be able to drown some of the lazy nags and those who raised them.