Who weeds out the bad home schooling parents?
Who weeds out the bad teachers ??
And as for changing the school boards, and getting the Board to change things, the recent experience of Prince George's County, Maryland is instructive. A fairly conservative school board was elected, and then tried to fire the ineffective and extreme-liberal superintendent.
The Sup whined to the State of Maryland, which overturned the school board's firing, abolished the elected school board, and appointed a new one. But the Supe isn't the Supe anymore: she's now CEO of the PG County schools. . .
The Sup whined to the State of Maryland, which overturned the school board's firing, abolished the elected school board, and appointed a new one.
This is the crux of the problem. The educational establishment is rotten to the core and it will be the challenge of a life time to root out the scum. While California is ranked 48th in the nation in test scores the average parent is not even aware of how bad the system is.
I think that if moms stayed home from work and were there at home when the kids returned from school and actually asked the kids what they learned in school today -- well, we'd clear up this whole crisis in about 5 years. The problem is not abot schools and administrators it is about parents who don't care.
Old bumper sticker:
If voting could really change things
Voting would be illegal too