This is a very insightful post. As a teacher, I see first hand many of the flaws of which you wrote. The system is in need of a complete overhaul... and I certainly don't think our Federal government is equipped to do it. I wish I had an answer as to how to fix education "on the fly". Sadly I don't. So I guess I need to just keep trying to push that boulder up the mountain the best I can. There are real live kids trying to learn and better themselves. Flawed system or not, those kids all deserve an education. For now, educators need to keep helping kids and trying to fix their own schools while chipping away at the much bigger issues. It's not easy to fix a car while it is doing 100 MPH on the highway.
Your comment about a writer of horror stories taking a swing at a children story got me thinking. You inspired me to write a post I have been thinking about for quite some time. I will definitely link back to this post as my motivation.
Thank you! I wrote a post a couple of days ago about the failure of bureaucratic institutions to "fix" education. My suggestion is to take a huge step backward. Locally run schools seem to work fine, especially in smaller communities where people know one another.
I like your analogy to fixing a car going 100 MPH... I don't think the federal government has any interest in fixing education- they seem to depend on uneducated voters. My solution, personally, was to homeschool my children. Having a masters degree was an advantage, clearly not everyone is equipped to do it. One thing I've noticed in my 72 years is that top-down solutions rarely produce any desirable results.
My children's story... I don't know! I think I need to stick with what I know. I haven't checked my blog page since I posted my latest chapter of the Night Gods- maybe I did ok???