There is a story about two neighbors who grew up in a farming town. They had suffered through a long dry season, and there wasn't enough hay to keep the cows fed. So one of the neighbors came up with the idea that the two of them ought to go into the hay merchandising business. They bought a truck, drove to another state where they bought hay for $3.00 a bale. They then brought it home and sold it for $2.50 a bale.

After about two months in the business, one neighbor looked at the other one and said, "You know there must be something wrong; we're just not making any money."

Well, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that there is something desperately wrong with education in this country. A Washington Post poll indicated that people have less faith in the public educatio…