Commentary 
This is part 22 in a series examining education in the United States. 
Imagine the school building is on fire, and your precious children are trapped inside. You can hear the blood-curdling screams growing louder. The flames are getting bigger, and the heat is getting hotter. Your heart races.
Even standing outside looking in, you feel your children’s terror and pain. No matter how hard you try to tell yourself it will all be okay, you know they’re in mortal danger.
You look around frantically, searching for somebody—anyone, really—to do something—anything! “Somebody do something!” you shout. But there’s no response, and you hear no sirens wailing in the distance….