Daily Kos: "Whatever the cause, our society’s answer seems to be: Beat up the teachers."

Daily Kos: "Whatever the cause, our society’s answer seems to be: Beat up the teachers.":

"Whatever the cause, our society’s answer seems to be: Beat up the teachers."

by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)

That is a line from Standing up for teachers, the new Washington Post column by Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson, who seems to be one of the few major columnists who gets it.
From the very beginning of his column, Robinson makes clear his viewpoint:

Teachers are heroes, not villains, and it’s time to stop demonizing them.