Schools should be places where democratic principles are upheld

In Colorado, our governor vetoed an important bill. His veto of a bill sponsored by Judy Solano shows that he doesn't understand the concept and importance of living democratic principles in schools.

Colorado Governor Ritter vetoed a bill (HB1186) that would have barred school officials from punishing students for skipping a standardized assessment test. 

I guess being punitive is part of the regime these days, for what, a dumb test? This is an outrage.

The good news is that we now know that Ritter doesn't understand or is able to learn from history, nor does he respect and understand our Constitution.

Please encourage the public to not give in to this kind of bullying.

Schools are supposed to be places where democratic principles are upheld. Ritter's action shows without a doubt that he is afraid, and is NOT up to the job of being governor. If one has to bully our young into taking dumb tests, then this tells all of us how ridiculous NCLB and high stakes testing are.