That should be the subject of an open national debate.
The vote immediately cast the school system at the center of a national debate about race and education.
Clearly not all teachers are in a position to make significant contributions to national debate.
Early in 1967, the national debate on abortion was beginning.
"I don't think whether we're private or public has any effect on our standing in the national debate over educational reform," he said.
The national debate is seen as part of a wider culture war.
He is already poised to become a significant voice in the national debate over education.
"We need a major national debate on, what kind of foreign policy is this country going to have?"
Women, who may tend to be more critical of such behavior, have less access to the national political debate.
But the national debate over health care has moved the argument to center stage.