Saturday, February 11, 2012

Let's Take the Robin Hood Approach in Schools

Schools, schools, schools. This, too, is becoming a scorching debate topic, for how is it that America's schools have fallen so far, and whatever can be done to return us to a higher perch?

One thought as I head to bed:

Give the money to the people who are teaching the kids, not the administrators. Place the money at the point of contact. Let's cut back on the number of administrators, and the pay given administrators, and the fancy buildings for administrators. Let's put the money in the classroom. The teachers are the ones doing the teaching, so that is the part of the system that needs excellence. Focus our money at the point of contact. I'm not fully ready to say teachers need more money -- though I am leaning that direction -- but, I do know that what money we have should be going to the teachers and to the classrooms, not to administrators. Cut out every administrative position that isn't essential and chop the pay for what administrators remain. Divert the money to the place it will do the most good.

This is kind of a Robin Hood approach, taking from the rich (the administrators) of our school systems and giving it the poor (the teachers).

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