Don't know you'd say Bush was either smart enough or powerful enough to do all that damage to the schools in the time he was governor. Especially while raising Texas's national rankings and pushing for genuine reform, like ending social promotion. I think it's more one of those "We are not fighting against humans. We are fighting against forces and authorities and against rulers of darkness and powers in the spiritual world." things. It is bigger than individuals, and is fundamental fault in our system.
I tend to think the schools are like the prisons, or like canaries in a mine shaft. They are on the front of the curve, but just show the problems in the system as a whole...
OTOH, LISD wasn't so bad when I was there. But it, too, has developed more problems lately, and had ones I didn't know while I was there.
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re: schools...
Date: 2001-04-22 01:05 pm (UTC)I tend to think the schools are like the prisons, or like canaries in a mine shaft. They are on the front of the curve, but just show the problems in the system as a whole...
OTOH, LISD wasn't so bad when I was there. But it, too, has developed more problems lately, and had ones I didn't know while I was there.