We have the same problem in California- entrenched bureaucracy, the teachers' unions resisting sensible reform, and incompetent, corrupt management all around. I vote for merit pay, vouchers, and charter schools- create a little competition for those taxpayer dollars in the education sector.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Maureen wrote: > The biggest problem with education today is not one bureaucracy versus > fifty, but that each school district has a level of bureaus, so you're > talking thousands of bureaucracies, and the bureaucrats are > incompetent at every level. The Clayton County Georgia school board > is currently so bad that the county schools have lost accreditation, > jeopardizing the college admission of thousands of students. A > federal standardized system of quality education, with teacher and > administrator certification, consistent curriculum and current > textbooks would go a long way toward providing quality education, but > it's not gonna happen because the bureaucracy is so entrenched and the > unions have a strong lobby. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
