It is widely known that the Anchorage Public School System is failing to graduate high school seniors that can compete on a national level.  The system is broken and pouring more money into the system has not been shown to improve the bottom line.  Public education should be competitive on all counts including identifying under performing teachers and getting rid of them.  There are a lot of shining stars in the Anchorage School System but there are a lot of lemons as well.  The status quo of the system is protected by the Teachers Union including the lousy teachers and the lousy administrators who are paid by our tax dollars to what effectively perpetuates the extremely poor performance of some teachers and many in administration.  There is an innate lack of accountability of teachers and administrators when the unions get involved in public education.  Do you remember the golden age of education in Anchorage before the Teachers Union moved in?  It WAS the best in the country!