Policy Analyst Christina Martin discusses her latest commentary on a desire for control leading to the fall of education.
See the full commentary here: http://cascadepolicy.org/news/2011/12/29/control-cometh-before-the-fall-of-education/
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I attended a Portland Public Schools meeting this week, and Bobee Reagan who sits on the School Board said something interesting about high school. She said by the year 2019 it is expected nationwide 50% of high school learning will occur on-line. This is interesting to me because it just shows even the monolithic public school system can’t deny the dramatic changes coming to education; and yet PPS leaders still want to put over a half of billion dollars into high school rebuilds when there’s a good chance such bricks and mortar structures will be out of date with the rapidly changing needs and desires of high school students.
So, my comments to the School District have been to focus more on k-8 rebuilds which are more divisible budget wise. The backlog of rebuilds is so huge at over $1.6 billion choices have to be made on which school rebuilds to tackle first, and it seems better to go slow on high school rebuilds in favor of more neighborhood oriented k-8 buildings.
K-8 buildings might be more leasible to private, charter and other school alternatives as well. Financing for these entities probably doesn’t allow for taking over entire public high school buildings. Just too big.