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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (51747)6/22/2002 10:36:27 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
That is a very interesting article. Having experienced busing with my son, I can't say it is a great option. He would often get to school upset about something that happened on the bus rise- and it was frequently over an hour long. I hope rather than leaving no child behind they leave no school behind. Seeing what is happening here, in the bay area, I can tell you that often the most inexperienced teachers go to the worst districts- and frequently those teachers do not have credentials. In a district like our suburban district all teachers must have credentials and they must be the new and improved CLAD credential. The districts facing more challenges cannot be as selective- and yet those are the precise districts that need the most excellent teachers.

I think the feds need to give extra money for something like combat pay in those districts. The stories I hear coming out of places like Oakland, and Richmond, etc from people who teach there are scary. My supervisor for my student teaching refused to supervise student teachers in Oakland. That is a problem busing will not fix. It will require attracting some of the best new teachers to places like Oakland. And while a few people will work there because they are socially active, most people are motivated by money.

I always get a chuckle out of people who say more money is not the answer. Money is almost always the answer to fixing a problem. What people really mean to say is that they want the problem to go away without spending any more on it, and that is unlikely to happen in schools as it is to happen anywhere else. When companies reorganize (for example) they spend money on that reorganization. They may hope to reap rewards later (but don't always) but they know it costs money to change a system. School systems are not some fairy tale kingdom where money does not work- schools are just like anywhere else. And schools with lots and lots of money look different than schools without lots and lots of money.
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