I’m a fan of the comic strip “Pearls Before Swine,” and today’s edition reminded me of Bill Gates and other reformers who have little (if any) direct experience in education but have unhelpful ideas — and the power to push them.

A little information can be dangerous. The difference, of course, is that unlike the gophers in this strip, when some “school reformers” push a new and shiny idea that blows up, our students, their families and us are the ones who get hurt. The school reformers usually do fine.

Pearls Before Swine