Our schools, children, and teachers need some serious help. We need to restore our education system. This helps lead to a better-educated work force and lower crime rates. We need to protect our children from slipping through the cracks. We need to get back to the days where parents and teachers work together. We also need to take care of children with special needs. As a father of a child with autism, I know the pain of sitting in an Individualized Education Program meeting and being told that my son is struggling.