Parents ‘n Schools

Anyone at work for any length of time at any depth in government schooling will pierce the veil of “good works” that government schooling shrouds itself with and get to the beating heart of self-interest that lies within. I’m a big fan of self-interest. It is the engine of our society and our society’s future. […]

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(GLO — Nov/09 — We must always remember, and never forget, that government schools are striving to educate the public… in a manner never attempted in all of human history before. For thousands of years, it was always felt better — and logistically easier — to just leave the public to their own devices and […]

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NASA’s recent crash experiment at the moon’s south pole that revealed evidence of water on the moon brought to life yet another science fiction story from my youth, and reminded again of how reliably the future can be envisioned and outlined in advance. Then patiently waited for. And the wait times grow shorter and shorter.
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[GLO — Nov/09 — Written one year ago, this essay captures the inequity in funding elements of government schooling as among parents ‘n schools. The problem is not so much that fundraising is allowed in and around government schooling, as it is how its existence and occurrence is incorporated into the management of government schooling […]

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I heard tell recently of an anecdote being shared among schoolers by consultants and speakers that rationalizes away schooling as a business. It relates to a baker, making blueberry muffins. When asked what he does when the blueberries are not to his liking, the baker advises that “he sends them back to the supplier”. The […]

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(GLO — Nov/09 — Independent advice, scrutiny and regulatory oversight is a major part of the difference between delivery of schooling by government monopolies and the delivery of natural gas by non-government monopolies. Not sure why this got left out of the “system”. I can understand why those in the system would not wish to […]

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Our local billion-dollar school board is advertising for a “Change Management Specialist”. Perhaps they were in attendance at the recent “Inspiring Education” conference provincially, and concluded that there may be changes ahead in their business. Not sure the job description is entirely inspiring, however… and kind of hard to know if it’s in the education […]

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(GLO — November 2009 — With a growing abundance of legitimate schooling alternatives, the notion of loyalty and incentive to register in government schools will increasingly arise. And with it, the long-missing classic consumer question for parents ‘n schools — “What’s in it for me?”An excellent question, that drives most of the rest of our […]

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Opponents of things like school vouchers and charter schools and widespread, independent schooling choices are generally people who are advocates of the single, monopolistic, traditional government school system and advocates also of focusing all resources on “fixing” that system. To my mind, this is like Europeans focusing on “fixing” the former Soviet Union. Much better […]

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The title is borrowed from Sales Coach Jeffrey Gitomer’s trademarked “People don’t like to be sold, but they love to buy.” He teaches that the sales process is about discovering, unearthing and mining the many reasons and incentives and forces behind what causes people to buy. Similarly, perhaps, schooling is about unearthing and mining the […]

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