tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11666785.post5107987693569622927..comments2023-10-19T10:37:16.162-04:00Comments on Randy Barnett: A fix for educationRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477949304113673930noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11666785.post-17615281316409741512011-08-10T11:29:39.429-04:002011-08-10T11:29:39.429-04:00LL, I agree a great manager or leader may not be a...LL, I agree a great manager or leader may not be an effective teacher. However, a lot of these leaders came from the class room. I've personally seen disasters when a school superintendent tried to manage the district the way businesses are managed. It simply doesn't work. <br /><br />How would you address the concern of administrators not understanding the impact of their decisions?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477949304113673930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11666785.post-77717577377808896952011-08-10T08:49:09.240-04:002011-08-10T08:49:09.240-04:00I don't think that returning administrators to...I don't think that returning administrators to the classroom would do much to benefit the system. There are management skill sets that are valuable in and of themselves. (a great manager and leader might not even be a particularly effective teacher and the other way around)<br /><br />Education should be about learning but at present it's more about pumping information into kids to pass the next milestone test mandated by the government. I'm not convinced that's an effective way to do it.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com