On an episode of Crossfire some years ago, Paul Begala said "I, like most Dems, don't like smart people". Smart people must be the teachers we hire to teach students; we must not hire stupid people to teach students. The only difference between a Dem and a Repub is that a Dem believes that every child deserves to learn how to count to 10 whereas a Repub wants some but not necessarily all children to count past way past 10.
Note that I don't blame all Dems for public education failures; just those Dems I do blame that don't like smart people.