I don’t know much about the education policy or the education industry itself. But as I have been looking around the web for some general information about how San Bernardino schools are doing and funded, I found that the education system itself is complex bordering on the byzantine.
On the local level, I have had trouble understanding the scope of our city’s school district education budget and where our tax dollars are being applied to. Don’t even get me started on test scores their meaning and relevance.
Progressives need to take local education seriously and try to streamline this process. A holistic approach needs to be taken that involves the parents as well as the teacher. Teacher bashing and/or Union blaming are relatively simplistic actions but provide no absolute cure.
One such cure, promoted by some on the left and the right are charter schools. San Bernardino has 12 charter schools. One is run by a former elected official (Esther Estrada) and the another is named after a local leader (Hardy Brown).
I have my doubts about charter schools and I think they over promise and under deliver. Innovation in education must be transparent and be held accountable if they don’t deliver as promised. Our tax dollars are at stake.
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