Funny.
I didn't catch where State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex mentioned cutting bureaucrats and red tape for his austerity program. [See Shorter School Year Under Study in Wednesday's P&C]
Rex has some truly educationlly-adverse ideas for saving money, though. How about lopping five days off the school year? How much difference could they make, reasons Rex?
Why, think big, Jim! Why not make it ten? How about 20? Maybe we could have a three-month school year instead of a three-month vacation? Wouldn't that make sense in these hard times?
And why require all those courses to graduate? In fact, let's use this excuse to cut high school to a two-year program and save millions, probably tens of millions!
Just think of it! So much would be left to hire educrats and purchase the latest edu-programs that we could cut property taxes in half.
It's utopia in the making!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Anyone who has had a child in CCSD's public schools knows how much time is wasted during standardized testing in grades 3-8. Kids watch Disney movies most afternoons after the testing. And the month of May isn't much better. Now that I think of it, the month of December is pretty much a waste, too, with Disney movies and holiday parties. Maybe Mr. Rex is on to something.
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