And I thought the idea was to reward success…
Okay, so I’ve mentioned before, my mom is an educator in the public school system. And for as long as I can remember, she’s talked about education methods that reward success- positive reinforcement and all that.
Sadly, while the teachers might “get it,” bureaucrats do not. Instead of rewarding success and embracing those innovations that improve education for children, they fight them tooth and nail.
Christina Martin, a policy analyst for the School Choice Project at Cascade Policy Institute, takes a good look at this in: Who Want to Punish Success? Bureaucrats, Not Parents.
She writes:
Yet, school boards like Portland Public Schools’ grant charters to few applicants, in spite of the evident demand for more charter schools. What happens when schools like Corbett succeed far beyond their peers? Parents want more, and bureaucrats become afraid. Instead of fearing change, bureaucrats should embrace the opportunity to give Oregon what it wants and needs: more school choice.
Sadly, it isn’t just happening in Oregon, but in schools and school systems throughout the country. It is time to give all families more school choice.
