01-01-2017, 04:19 AM
(01-01-2017, 01:23 AM)Warren Dew Wrote: Yes. And if the parents and the school work together, the synergies can provide a better education than their each working independently. Unfortunately, most public school teachers seem to try to minimize parental involvement because it makes their jobs harder to have to coordinate with parents and treat the students as individuals rather than as mass produced products - and, of course, because their jobs depend on keeping the government and the union happy, not on keeping the parents happy.
Yes, parents and the school working together improves education, and citizen involvement in the governance of the schools might help, if those citizens are of a progressive mindset, rather than social conservative Bible thumpers or angry taxpayers who think public schools are theft to finance freeloaders. But if the citizens are involved in a social movement to liberate education and make it holistic and cooperative, then it would be constructive.
The government is the people, and the people get the government and the schools that they deserve. If we want better, then we'll need to act up to make it better. Public schools belong to the public. Private schools belong to some financial gambler. Teachers' jobs should indeed depend on making the public happy.
Teacher's jobs don't depend on unions; their salaries do, in so far as unions advocate for it.