EDUCATION should be treated as the central nervous system of any decent society. Just as our central nervous systems control our thought, movement, emotions, breathing, body temperature, the quality of our education system influences how and how well our society functions for its citizens. 

Failure to handle the central nervous system with due care risks catastrophic damage to the body.

Failure to invest in our education system risks serious harm to children, young people and education staff, including teachers, and to our whole society, and one way or another, to all of its citizens.