School leaders refuse to say why district is adopting unproven products

Laurie Rogers:

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
- Patrick Henry

Several top leaders of Spokane Public Schools appear to believe they don't have to publicly justify their decision-making, or even respond to questions about it.

On June 11, I asked 11 Spokane school district leaders (six administrators and five board directors) for their rationale for adopting unproven Common Core curricula on top of the failed curricular materials the district already has. The administrators, from the Department of Teaching and Learning, collectively get more than half a million taxpayer dollars per year in base salary. Five didn't respond, one didn't answer the questions, and four of the board directors said the board president would answer for them.

Therefore, from 11 district leaders, I received one answer (and in my opinion, it isn't a very good one).

My questions aren't difficult. I didn't ask how the universe began, why God allows evil to exist, or how to build a rocket. I didn't ask how to climb mountains, survive a nuclear attack, or create world peace. Here's the gist of what I asked:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 18, 2012 4:25 AM
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