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Why Is school Reform mission Impossible?

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 Why Is school Reform mission Impossible?

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James L. Casale, Ph.D.

It would be easier to saddle up a python and ride off into the sunset than reform our government schools. The system is fatally broken and even Tom cruise couldn’t rescue it. Those who govern the system are-I am being kind- misinformed, the talent pool is too shallow and always has been, and the teachers’ unions continue to be major obstacles.

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Our Founding Fathers assigned or, should I say, left the responsibility of educating the public to the states. This precipitates three questions: who are our legislators? What do they know? and from whom do they get their information about education?

While the approval rating for state legislatures is light years ahead of congress at about 37% and a majority of legislators in many states have college degrees, are they really equipped to make the important decisions about a complex system they know little about? In fact, the Lilliard E. Richardson report (University of Missouri) reveals that the least formally educated legislatures have a higher public approval.

An article in the Chronicle of higher education quotes John Adams speaking about representative assemblies; they “should be in miniature an exact portrait of the people at large.” add governors, state boards, commissioners, (the Florida commissioner reportedly has one year of teaching on his resume), and school board members to this malaise of decision makers. This results in the proverbial, “inmates running the asylum.

I can only guess where they obtain their information before they make important decisions. Colleagues, staffers, donors, college professors- who haven’t been in a classroom for decades-committees, commissions, spouses, and pals come to mind. Do they even bother to seek and find the most knowledgeable teachers and administrators who are the true experts? Where is the talent, the research and the objectivity that should comprise state and local decision making?

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The talent Pool

 The talent pool of outstanding teachers and principals- the line staff that can produce results-is shallow. There never were, are not now, and never will be enough talent to save the government schools. Our profession does not attract the best and the brightest. GRE scores for education majors are among the lowest. The brightest prospects are not necessarily the best since teaching is an art form that requires the artist’s instincts and a unique set of characteristics that include a sense of humor, compassion, tenacity, kindness, self-assessment and leadership. Not enough talented people are attracted to the teaching profession due to the salaries, the unimaginable difficulty of teaching a classroom of young people with varying abilities, the misguided legislators, and teachers’ unions who worship at the altar of the status quo.

Think back on your own K-12 experience and compile a list of the most outstanding teachers you experienced? You wanted to be in their class, wanted to do their homework, worked hard for them, and wanted their approval because they were always prepared, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, inspiring, respectful, compassionate, fair, and modeled what should be every school’s mantra, learning how to learn, becoming a life–long learner, and figuring out how to get along with everybody. OK. ile? My unscientific surveys always reveal a number less than ten.

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Teachers’ Unions

 Should I stop here? They have been obstacles to school reform since forever. They oppose anyone and anything that interferes with their main mission; recruit members, negotiate for benefits and working conditions, protect tenure and worship at the altar of mediocrity. They oppose charter schools, vouchers, merit pay, California’s trigger law- which allows parents to close failing schools, innovative teacher evaluation reform, and anything that impinges on their power and turf.

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Their PAC organizations, lobbyists, and hefty donations control state and national democratic politicians and thus legislatures. Ask Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor who had the audacity to challenge union power. We witnessed democratic legislators running for cover to the next state in order to foil quorum requirements and demonsTracje i wiece owiec Union, w tym te spoza Wisconsin.

Gubernator Nowego Jorku, Cuomo, demokrata i burmistrz Nowego Jorku Bloomberg, niezgłoszony demokrata, zakwestionowali związki nauczycieli w swoim stanie. Cuomo próbował połączyć obowiązkowy element oceny nauczycieli z budżetem państwowym, a Bloomberg chciał zamknąć upadające szkoły i zwolnić 1500 złych nauczycieli. Najnowszym wrogiem Unii jest Betsey Devoss, nominowany do sekretarza edukacji oraz mistrz szkół czarterowych i kuponów.

Jest nadzieja na ulepszenie

Chociaż prawdziwa reforma szkolna nie jest możliwa, poprawa szkoły ma szansę i dzieje się sporadycznie dla poszczególnych szkół i okręgów szkolnych, pomimo wszystkich przeszkód. Wymaga przynajmniej na poziomie lokalnym, tablic szkolnych z wizją, wiedzą, wytrwałością i mądrością, aby zatrudnić wybitnych administratorów i nauczycieli. Jobs kadencji dla życia- to albatrosy wiszący wokół szyi stanowych ustawodawców i rady szkolnej, które uniemożliwiają im odrzucenie niekompetentnych nauczycieli i administratorów.

Rodzice, którzy akceptują swoją uroczystą odpowiedzialność jako pierwszych nauczycieli dziecka i wzór do naśladowania, są naszą jedyną nadzieją na ulepszenie szkół. Muszą stać się bardziej kompetentne i proaktywne. Nie są wymagane specjalne umiejętności. Wymagane jest zobowiązanie do zaangażowania się w edukację dziecka. Zobowiązanie to wymaga pozytywnego nastawienia do edukacji, ich roli w prowadzeniu rodziny do stania się uczniami przez całe życie, misji rodzinnej oraz planu kierowanego przez ich cele rodzinne.

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