Years later, the story still makes us queasy. A group of teachers in a southern state (identities concealed to protect the innocent) were fighting for change to education legislation. They demanded a meeting with the state chair of the education committee, who left session to meet with them in the hallway. The teachers voiced their concern and told stories of public school systems that needed an overhaul. The legislator listened intently. “Okay, I hear you,” he said. “But what exactly do you want me to do?” The reply: “That’s your job to figure out.” This scene — which still haunts the education policy veteran who recently told us the story — is one that often plays out across the nation, and it’s frustrating for all