When a School Improvement Plan Isn't

The easiest to implement school improvement plan is…

SEGREGATION (If you feel like you’ve just been punched in the gut… You should).

Just segregate those with either money, talent, or motivation from those who don’t and sure enough, the chosen few will outperform the unfortunate masses. It’s not the school, it’s not the teacher, it’s the separation (segregation) that creates the change in group performance.

School Segregation (a false improvement strategy) benefits the few to the detriment of the many. But segregation doesn’t improve at scale, it destroys.  Which is why the political opportunists behind vouchers, poverty driven ratings and sanctions, and corporate takeovers of public schools are either misguided, dangerous, racist or some combination of the three. 

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

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• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
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The REAL Private School Choice

First, I have nothing against private schools or private school educators.  The important words in those two labels are “School” and “Educator.”

Second, I have no problem with parents who opts to place their child in a private school.  That is their choice.

However, the taxpayer should be under NO obligation to fund the private school choice of parents.  There are host of reasons why this is the case, many of them I have shared previously. But here is a reason I haven’t shared before.

Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric. Regardless of the window dressing that is used to pretty-up the School Choice / Voucher argument it really boils down to this.  A parent choosing to BUY a SPECIFIC PEER GROUP for their child. That peer group may be children from a specific economic group, belief group, and/or ability group.  Which group doesn’t matter. What matters is that it is a group different from the children attending public school. 

And that’s the rub, the taxpayer (public) provides schools for all children.  If you believe that your child deserves more than what is provided to all children, feel free to pay for what you want for your child. Just don’t expect the taxpayer to foot the bill.

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of February 12, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of February 12, 2017 when they were first posted.  And if you are on Twitter, you might want to check out the Tweeters who made this week’s list.

1. I'm confused. Welfare for poor people (food stamps) = bad. Welfare for rich people (school vouchers) = good. Unless Texas Legislators = hypocrite? (By @LYSNation)

2.  “Teachers, be kind to yourself: Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion of ourselves.” (By @DrRichAllen)

3. Hope opens new horizons and enables us to dream of what is not even imaginable. (By @PopeFrancis)

4. Public school teachers are servant leaders building the moral fiber of society. For politicians to demean them for personal gain is wrong. (By @pastors4txkids)

5. If "school choice" is such a great idea, why do proponents feel compelled to promote it primarily through misdirection and half-truths? (By @BlueCerealEduc)

6. Would we dare tell the policeman or fireman to do his/her job better with less? That's exactly what Texas Senate is saying to public school teachers. (By @pastors4txkids)

7. Response to our Texas budget crunch? Divert tax money to private schools. It's just plain dumb. (By @pastors4txkids)

8. Teachers love ALL their students no matter their race or religion. If only the rest of the world shared this strategy... (By @BluntEducator)

9. If a teacher isn't following an aligned scope and sequence with a significant degree of fidelity, then the quality of delivered instruction is moot. (By @JennyT74)

10. Needing Watson (IBM Supercomputer) to do our taxes is a big sign that we need to simplify the tax code. (By @LYSNation)

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook