7.0 And a System…
Each day in California parents send their children to school to prepare them for life. At the end of 13 years, a huge fraction of these students will not be ready. Everyone knows what the unprepared students will look like. It is tragically predictable.
What is wrong? Does the school system itself make success impossible? A huge number of reform ideas begin with the premise that the public school system itself stands in the way of good results.
As with every section of Ed100, there is a lot to cover here. The main text aims for brevity, with a lot of the value delivered through links – and, of course, through your comments.
The System
| 7.1 | The State | |
| 7.2 | School Boards and Mayors | |
| 7.3 | Decentralization | |
| 7.4 | School Site Councils | |
| 7.5 | Charter schools | |
| 7.6 | Interventions | |
| 7.7 | Teachers’ Unions | |
| 7.8 | “Blow it up” |
This section is only part of the big picture: Education is Students and Teachers spending Time in a Place for learning with the right Stuff and a System that $upports Success. The full index of topics in on the Welcome page.
