In The Ten Ring Your best bet would be to home school or send your children to a private school. School systems are inherently corrupt "the right people clubs" where even their own rules do not apply. Administrators tend to be very left-wing. *I know this because I was in the school system for over a decade.
Private schools aren't necessarily better and home schooling leaves a lot to be desired.
"Inherently corrupt"? That's laughable. The most corrupt school I worked in was a private school.
And administrators tend to be very left wing? That's laughable as well. Teachers and schools are a reflection of their community. If you suffer liberal teachers it's likely you live in a liberal state.
* I know this because I've taught and coached since 1980 in both public and private schools, K-12 as well as coaching at NCAA Division I & III universities.
Schools have become indoctrination centers just like many judges and the media.
Um, no. PARENTS that don't instill values deserve to have their child indoctrinated by others. I've had teachers who sympathized with socialism, who made Bernie Sanders look like a right wing zealot and a professor who was chairman of the state Democratic Party. Not for a single minute was I "indoctrinated". In fact those educators would espouse a theory or take a position to elicit debate.
I hear people spout this nonsense here in Texas all the time, despite our state board of education being populated by a conservative majority for almost four decades. It's conservatives complaining about conservatives....and they don't even know it.
You'll get no help anywhere. This administrator is friends with the right people while you are not.
Horsehockey.
Being "friends" has nothing to do with a school districts policies or a state dept of education policies. If implementation of stated policy is unfair, unequal or nonexistent..........then guess what? You have a right to due process. And I know you know that, 'cause you were "in the school system" for over a decade right?
The biggest problem with the US education system is the lack of quality instruction.
This shows how little you really know about the US education system. "Quality instruction"? How about parental involvement?
Come visit Plano, Frisco, Allen or McKinney, Texas schools next time you want to complain about public schooling. And while you are here take note of the paltry number of private schools. There's a reason for that.
In my experience, the elected school board defaults to the superintendent's judgement.
School Boards develop and determine policy, the superintendent implements those policies.
Our superintendent just resigned over differences with our elected board.
School boards are spring boards for political entry, nothing more.
Huh? It's not a springboard to politics, it IS POLITICS because it's an elected position. Just like city council, serving on the Parks & Rec Board, the Water Commission, etc. These are the people we elect to represent us. Don't like how your local schools or community is run? If only there was a way to address that!
