If I Ran the Schools

Hermene Hartman

There is a new trend in education and frankly, I don't like it.

Unfortunately, you don't have to be an educator to be at the helm of an educational system.

Years ago, it was impossible for an educator to rise to the top of the system without having established degrees and qualifications such as a PhD, classroom experience, administrative experience and academic hours in educational management.

The new sense in big city governments is to treat education less as a profession and more as bean counting. The thinking is to manage the process while the children, teachers and parents become peons.

Related: America's Outmoded Approach to Education Credentials

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 8, 2010 1:04 AM
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