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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (196630)	10/26/2001 10:09:10 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

My daughter solved that problem by going to work for a charter school, the Slavic Academy. Their attitude is that it's better to beg forgiveness than to wait for permission. She could make more at a public school, but it is not worth the cost. "Each year we lose some of our best and brightest public school teachers, not because of pay, (although it plays a role), but because they are so frustrated with the system and how they must work in it."

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (196630)	10/26/2001 10:31:36 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

flapjack, conservatives like myself, have been trying to tell the teachers union that for years. But here's the problem. Until you change the structure of the system and align the rewards toward the behavior you most desire, the system will eventually flow back toward the "path of least resistance". Meaning... real, systemic long lasting improvement, must be structurally aligned with the rewards or they will fail. Oh sure, often you see short term results which lead many toward the false assumption that a problem has been tackled when enough people are focused on it. But, just like the Hawthorne Experiments demonstrated, when the lights stop being played with, the system returns to its structurally aligned path. Until the unions recognize the system of rewards must be aligned toward the needs of the customers. Any short term improvements will be nearly impossible to sustain. Today, the structure of rewards in public education are aligned toward the funding source. This is almost always the case in a monopolistic/socialistic system. Where the true customers are left on the sidelines, wondering why the system is doing what it is doing.