The result rejuvenated public education
advocates and provides a route of resistance against the charter lobby that
once seemed too
powerful to resist, which is particularly relevant in the Trump - DeVos era.
The public discussion on this issue will be much the poorer for this — both directly because this event is (yet) another reason not to have a serious discussion, but also indirectly because his voice as an
advocate of science,
once powerful, has now been diminished