Thursday, January 3, 2013

LAUSD, lifelong learners, educrats - Perdaily.com

LAUSD, lifelong learners, educrats - Perdaily.com:


LAUSD: NOT THE ONLY PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO RATIONALITY

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(It is small consolation to know that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is not the only public education system in this country where no good teaching act goes unpunished and where the educrats in charge would be hard pressed to rationally justify anything they do, when all they have had to do up until now is mindlessly stonewall any objection. Clearly those in charge were not chosen because of their scintillating intellect, but rather their ability to follow orders (see Germany circa early 1930s), while seeing and hearing nothing. In talking to many teachers who LAUSD has targeted for removal from teaching, it occurs to me that what gets you fired at LAUSD, and other public schools systems like it around the country, would get you acclaimed as teacher of the year in L.A. private schools or toney affluent suburban