Privatize the whole thing. Vouchers.

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Originally Posted by tomder55

got me Schools are funded enough . Best guess is that administrators are getting too big a cut of the pie . Also teaching tougher hard to staff subjects should earn higher pay .

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I think you're right about administrators. They're popping up all over the education spectrum, and they're highly paid.

There typically is not a lot to be gained from cutting admin support. Worse, much of it is popping up in order to keep up with the ever growing flood of federal regs.

Yes regulation doesn't come without cost and shiny pants

Well said. I knew principals who were willing to do without federal funding because the paperwork was so onerous and the funds can only be spent on a narrow spectrum of personnel or activities.

We have a saying here that might be relevant, regulation creates unfunded community service obligations, meaning there is often regulation overreach, requiring peripheral activities such as outreach