Monday, October 8, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Teacher Disrespect, Kansas Style

Jersey Jazzman: Teacher Disrespect, Kansas Style:


Teacher Disrespect, Kansas Style

Teacher disrespect has become a national epidemic:
Kansas school superintendents will tell you that years of tight budgets have provided plenty of incentives to run their districts efficiently.
But Gov. Sam Brownback thinks more savings could be wrung out of the state’s public schools, and he has appointed an “efficiency task force” to find them.
Curiously, none of the 10 members works in a school.
Brownback’s task force is top-heavy with accountants. They occupy six spots. The chairman is