In "Boston Public," David E. Kelley promised to do for teachers what he did for lawye

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But "depending (on) how they feel about 'Ally' and the rest of Kelley's creations, educators will either be comforted or alarmed to have Kelley on their case," says the Denver Post's Joanne Ostrow.

Those who say "Boston Public" isn't real are missing the point, says critic

"Though the show is set in a high school, its larger theme is authority in an ungovernable society — how do you get it and keep it in the face of corrosive distrust and mindless mutiny? Kelley's flights of fanciful hyperbole are his way of shoving that question in the audience's faces," says Slate's Judith Shulevitz.