Some valid observations - just a couple of points for consideration:
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-No compulsory attendance, but students should have to pass tests with clear standards in order to promote.
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Forebrain developmental issues (maturity + temptation + boredom + < supervision =
) and neighborhood crime stats argue against the idea - as well-intentioned as it may be or as reasonable asit may seem.
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All administrators should teach at least half time.
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Although it sounds like a reasonable notion, consideration has to be made for the fact that not all teachers make (made) good administrators and not all administrators make (made) good teachers - and competency or excellence in one area does not necessarily equate to such in the other.
A similar example can be made for commanders and staff officers/NCOs in the military.
I'm more for a better selection process, mandated on-going authentic performance reviews combined with task-oriented professional education, and a system that more readily allows for 'relief for cause' for sub-par performance at all levels.
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Federal funding should decrease. No long-term good can come of this.
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Concur. Funding has always been an issue - always will be - and one of the reaons I remain a strong proponent for non-profit schools which accept no government grant monies and - therefore - all the unnecessary 'strings' which are attached to them. Many schools/school systems now have full-time grant writers whose mission is to seek and procure such $$.
Richard's $.02
