A delicious read over at Susan Graham's blog, A Place at the Table, on how teachers are more likely to be on the menu rather than at the table of educational policy making.  She also has some great suggestions for teachers on how to get from under the knife.

Getting bad, ineffective people (I refuse to even call them teachers) out of the classrooms is one battle. Getting those who have proven ourselves effective into the realm of decision-making in education is another. Both are necessary.