CALL OUT on Public EDUCATION
Tom Suddes | December 10, 2010
Five years or so ago, I spoke at a fairly large gathering of ‘Public Educators’, mostly principals of public high schools and some district superintendents. (Nick claims I ranted like Tom Peters on serious medication. He also says they all looked at me as if I were ‘crazy’. Who would have guessed?)
Essence of my message was:
• Change or Die.
• Abandon Almost Everything.
• Re-Imagine… Re-Design… Re-Invent.
Almost every public high school is having FUNDING CHALLENGES. Levies passed or not passed. Cutting budgets. Dropping co-curricular activities. Pay to play, etc.
The Big Idea: PUBLIC education vs. public EDUCATION. It’s all about the