Why Government Fails The People, Education Edition.

This is a prime example how government is ineffective in delivering products or services outside or Courts and Military protection.

LA Times

There are two problems here. One, administrators are doing nothing to address the performance of teachers. Two, teachers have no idea how they are really performing. I'm sure all of the LA teachers think they are above average. Statistically, that's impossible.

The really scary thing is that many kids get poor teachers in back-to-back years. My guess is that a study of these kids in 15 years will reveal the true cost of a poor education. Data would suggest that the problem is not more money, but truly teacher performance.

My own kids have had both good and not-so-good teachers. I think we knew it before the first parent teacher conference. Shame on us for not doing more to address the issue as it hurt our kids. Fortunately, I do not think we ever had a back-to-back situation.

One thing I am going to do is check standardized test results. I want to see this information for myself.