Dear Editor: Show Montanans the Numbers and the Outcomes, and Let Them Choose

Dear Editor,

At two in the morning, an ambulance runs hard for town, with two emergency technicians working on a man having a heart attack. A mechanic had it in the shop last week to be sure it ran. It crosses a bridge an engineer designed and rolls into an emergency room where a doctor and medical team wait. The lights are on because an electrician wired the place; the heat is on because a plumber keeps it running. Every argument about education gets settled in that hallway. We need all of the specialties.

Our shop and ag teachers spend careers turning out kids who can weld, wire, and fix wha...