Posted on 01/20/2011 10:02:52 AM PST by Academiadotorg
The dam has a huge hole and gushing leak. Plugging only a part of the hole will not stop the dam from collapsing. It may slow down the collapse but as long as the water is pouring through, the dam will continue to collapse.
That is the situation our Federal, State and Local law makers find themselves in as they start their legislative sessions this week. If they try to patch the problems, they will only get worse.
Bold moves are needed and they will be initially painful. That was the message I gave when I met with a number of my state legislators over the weekend.
One of the biggest expenditures in many state budgets is educational bureaucracies. They have an impressive record of failure. Educational standards have dropped precipitously over the past 45 years.
More bureaucratic layers of teacher supervision have weakened teacher control of their classrooms. There are many other factors that have contributed to this, but new methods of educational delivery pushed by the educational establishment are another big complaint of teachers.
I reviewed public school budgets for 20 years as a member of the Finance & Budget Committee when I was an elected representative. One year the Superintendent of Schools wanted more money to hire specialists for the ‘Whole Language’ approach to teaching reading. I had the audacity to ask “What evidence do you have that this method will enhance educational delivery?”
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Nothing but doom awaits them.
Sadly, their malfeasance will be on the docket of a court one day...if they are lucky.
All they are capable of doing is kicking the can down the road.
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