04-03-2018, 11:28 PM
I support continuous improvement and looking at new ways of doing things that benefit everyone.
The way education is applied throughout the land has been rethunk and reapplied over and over, usually resulting in budget cuts which have negative impacts even way down the line, more national standardization (which some like and some hate), funding based on students' performance, etc...
The bottom line is the same however. When the low pay hasn't increased in many years, the number of new high quality teachers entering the market will continue to decline.
At the same time, the number of experienced high quality teachers leaving the market will continue to increase. Meanwhile, the number of students is increasing.
I don't see that there's anywhere near enough excess administrators in schools to make a significant dent in that problem if the administrators were axed and their salaries were reallocated to teachers and classrooms. But, I haven't seen any specific numbers in that regard.
The way education is applied throughout the land has been rethunk and reapplied over and over, usually resulting in budget cuts which have negative impacts even way down the line, more national standardization (which some like and some hate), funding based on students' performance, etc...
The bottom line is the same however. When the low pay hasn't increased in many years, the number of new high quality teachers entering the market will continue to decline.
At the same time, the number of experienced high quality teachers leaving the market will continue to increase. Meanwhile, the number of students is increasing.
I don't see that there's anywhere near enough excess administrators in schools to make a significant dent in that problem if the administrators were axed and their salaries were reallocated to teachers and classrooms. But, I haven't seen any specific numbers in that regard.