Public Schools in the United States have experienced over fifty years of failed school reforms designed to improve struggling schools. In 2011, there were a reported 44,000 schools that were failing in the United States. Reform initiatives have grown from stand alone programs to coordinated programs designed to meet the many needs of students. As we zealously embrace this most current wave of school reforms, with its aggressive "no holds barred," terms, billions of dollars in federal funding, threats of sanctions, school closures and the dismissal of both teachers and Principals whom are...