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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (264501)	6/16/2002 11:02:18 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Total privatization of public education is not a suggestion, it is an urgent requirement...

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (264501)	6/16/2002 11:38:00 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

A little story from my Palestinian deli-owner friend: In Palestine years ago, 300 kids had 10 teachers and 1 administrator. In our community, he saw "a sea of desks for the administrators!". We had a good laugh. I said, welcome to America. The clue, IMO, is to look for a time when we had excellent education. At that time, how many administrators did we have? I think very few. My solution: (1) get rid of administrators, saving 20% of our budget (or more!) Let some teachers do "administration" part-time. My teachers did when I was in school years ago. (2) test teachers and get rid of any who are not competent to teach their subjects (3) hire qualified teachers to a ratio of 1:25 students, and increase pay as required to fill the positions. If privatizing is required to get rid of excess baggage, so be it. Remember: the public schools worked, once. Look at when and why. They can work again, the talent base is there, it's just the compensation is for the centuries-old problem of bureacracy and no accountability. Anything that addresses that is worthy of trying, IMO.