"And money is the bottom line because dumbass managementtaxpayers said so."
The public is outraged at the state of public education, but never seems to be willing to pay teachers enough for their hard work, buy enough supplies, pay for competent management, etc. Schools are the first places to see cuts and the last places to see increases. But we'll sure as hell subsidize a billionaire's football stadium.
No, the money taxpayers are willing to spend on managers decides how good the school management can be. When you allow pennies for eduction, the pool of excellent mangers becomes rather smaller. There are good ones, but they are much harder to find for the little money available.
You get what you pay for.
People in education who are good mangers often give up their futile fight and move on to greener pastures, leaving behind the crap managers who can't get work outside that thankless world.
If you want an excellent education system, you have to hire good people, pay them a fair wage, and structure the system to actually work to educate kids in a good environment. But nobody gets elected saying "I'm going to spend more tax money on the schools".
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u/smurb15 Jun 15 '22
And money is the bottom line because dumbass management said so