I do not care if charter schools, home schools or public schools are utilized to improve the despicable state of the education in the U.S. A quality product (educated citizens) should be the result and be tested by national/international standards. Currently there are 50 different standards by 50 different states to ascertain the attainment level of graduates. Most of the standards are watered down because of political expediency. There should be a national standard so we can pool resources to solve problems in mathematics and science education. The states have had the ball too long and have done a piss poor job of educating our children. Visit www.aspectblog.com for additional information.