In this opinion piece, the author views several major problems facing those who care about students labeled has having learning disabilities (LD). He believes that while there are technical problems that educators should be able to fix (definition of LD, best instructional practices for students so identified, powerful secondary programs that "hold" students and add value to their lives), these issues, while important, are not nearly as important as the shift of the aim of public schooling away from preparing democratic citizens and offering meaningful opportunities for all students. Such problems exceed the reach of special educators. Today, the most important action for special educators is to become stewards of the public schools. This article presents the author's plea to view schools as moral places where society prepares youth to take on the role of advancing democratic ideals, to refocus schooling on deeper more moral premises than consumerism, and to seriously consider working to repeal ineffective laws regarding education.