06-04-2014, 04:26 AM
BernDog wrote:
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I've had principals where there would be some sort of announcement to see "Mrs. So-and-So" for more information, or something like that, and the kids had absolutely no idea who that was. Not exaggerating, and it's happened with multiple administrators.
Schools seem to be embracing a far more corporate environment.
US schools have been following a "factory model" since the dawn of the industrial revolution. Nothing new there.
I don't think a factory model and a corporate environment are the same thing. Things have certainly changed in schools though. kj.
No, you're right. I guess I was just thinking more along the lines of a factory being a company, and therefore corporate. Not the direct educational comparison, but I guess I just meant that thinking like a factory will end up with certain kinds of people running it at the top.
I understood what you meant :-) I agree that business thinking seems to infiltrate all kinds of organizations where it has no...business. Education is not a business, churches shouldn't be run like businesses, healthcare shouldn't be a business, etc. kj.