Why our educational system is failing, part II

Today's LA Times article, Murals Get Brushoff, says more than I ever could about the pathetic culture of sterilized education perpetuated at our school by principals and administrators who are immune to the creativity and passion that enables learning. Maybe she would approve a mural outlining the CA State Standards and how to pass the CASHEE. Maybe she should spend less time visiting schools in New York or going to conferences in Palm Springs. Maybe she should think about what this personalization-rhetoric that she keeps preaching at faculty meetings is really means. Maybe she should have equally high expectations of quality for student work (this is the same person who left me out on my own to defend my failing students who plagiarized papers). Maybe I should stop now before I lose my job. Read the article and see for yourself.

(Afterthought: As I work on my proposal for a yoga class at the school, I wonder, do I really expect her to get the idea of creating harmony and balance within as a means to academic achievement? Or the fact that personal health may actually be more important than test scores?)