[jlisenbe]

Privatize the whole thing. Vouchers.

[Athos]

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 .

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

[jlisenbe]

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.

[paraclete]

Yes regulation doesn't come without cost and shiny pants

[jlisenbe]

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.

[paraclete]

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