New DPS administrators

[DetroitFats]

It's almost as if putting non-educators in charge of education is a bad idea.

[firstandten]

It's almost as if putting non-educators in charge of education is a bad idea.

The educators don't seem to have an answer to our sad state of education, so we might as well see what the non-educators can do.

[English]

The educators don't seem to have an answer to our sad state of education, so we might as well see what the non-educators can do.

We are already getting some answers about what non-educators do with school systems. The results are not convincing at all.

In order to understand what happened to public education in the United States, it's vital to study its history. One of my many issues with the debates over the fate of public schooling is that they are so very ahistorical, as if we arrived at this present moment magically.

[firstandten]

We are already getting some answers about what non-educators do with school systems. The results are not convincing at all.

So then English what do we do? You're an educator. Do you keep pounding that round peg into that square hole or is radical change necessary to bring about the desired outcomes.

In order to understand what happened to public education in the United States, it's vital to study its history. One of my many issues with the debates over the fate of public schooling is that they are so very ahistorical, as if we arrived at this present moment magically.

Of course you are correct here. The fate of public education is intermingled with the changes in our culture and economy over time. The ability of public education to meet the needs of a society that has gone from a largely agrarian, to manufacturing, to service, to hi-tech economy in little over 100 years is something that must be considered.