IN THE WAKE of the impassioned protest and long night of testimony about the now-official public-education budget, it's important to take a collective breath and begin to look forward to the even-bigger job ahead. The kind of reform being discussed at the school and the system level is dramatic. The many decisions to be made about how to better serve our students must be based on accurate information and inclusive of diverse community voices. We have to start with the premise that doing nothing is not an option. By almost all accounts the status quo is failing our children and our regional economy. It's not only appropriate to question the concepts involved with restructuring, but it's the right thing to ...