How come my students come to me so far behind? Why are parents so angry? How come my students are so unmotivated to learn? Where in the heck are all the teachers going? These are questions that many school administrators, teachers, policy makers, and community stakeholders ask when speaking about education. This book attempts to shed light on these questions and help people understand the state of America's education system. This book is for parents, school administrators, policy makers, and community stakeholders and it is geared toward helping them understand why it is so important to support those working in the trenches to help make our communities better.