Davidwilk wrote, in a small part:
> In education, it is common to distribute limited resources by reducing the
> "bureaucracy." That's where I work. The work load for me and my
> colleagues continues to increase.
Schools, where David works, at one time were part of the community. They
were not, totally, a factory where raw materials were shipped in to be
turned into finished goods. And they certainly were not a universal
machine which could take all students, regardless of social, medical,
cultural and related problems and be able to process them in some uniform
manner. Schools, for some reason, have become the universal solution to
problems with a community's youth.
Until the community understands that the system can not take straw and
turn it into gold, and until the school system sits up and says that it is
not Rumplestilskin, David's problems will not end. Forget cost cutting,
TQM and any other jargon. The k-12 school system is not like the universal
boy scout knife where you just flip out the right "blade" And that is its
problem not the fact that the right self help management book or
consultant has not been found
cheers
tom abeles
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