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Originally Posted by DrPhil
In this case, I change my post to:
"...if people insist that's what the issue is, why do these school districts have county offices and superintendents who only want the appearance of appearance and accolades; have no faith in teachers, staff, and students; and who overtly or covertly encourage cheating, misappropriation of funds, or whatever else? ."
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Because the voters in those districts aren't minding the store? Because the same voters graduated from these schools or schools like them? Because the culture of mismanagement has run that way so long and people who have resources* elect not to live in the districts most impacted by the mismanagement and corruption? Because we decided that people even in poor and minority districts have the right to self government in elected officials and are reluctant to intervene in a paternalistic fashion, short of the elected officials or their appointees actually having broken the law?
I don't think there's any magic bullet to fix any of that.
But we can insist that public employees not cheat and commit fraud, and we can take action when they actually do break the law or violate clear professional standards.
And that improves things a little for the kids. They and their teachers the following year get a more accurate picture of their skill level and they can know where to being with real instruction.
*Actually, I think it's only people with middle class level resources who choose certain districts. People with even more resources opt out completely and go to private schools.
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