Yeah,I'm a former teacher and I've spend most of the last 3 years in the belly of the beast as far as California bureaucracy is concerned. Makes me want to pull out my hair. I'm with you on the charter schools, vouchers and merit pay. I'm also a strong advocate of home schooling. But I draw the line at private schools with no certification and a curriculum defined by churches receiving any taxpayer money.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:268884 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
