I view all bureaucracies as failures -- whether it be a government, a corporate structure, a not-for-profit administration, or a school staff. Why? Too many mistakes -- even after a brilliant initial idea!
STEM schools are a brilliant idea. A Core Curriculum is a brilliant idea. Career Academies on the high school level that allow students to take college classes for credit -- the same! But all at once -- without regard to what so much change adds to the burdens of the students and teachers who are the crux of the process --- an invitation to abuse, loss of focus, and subsequent measurable failure.
I have seen it in many cases, especially here in Georgia.
College administrations make the same kinds of mistakes -- form and order, correct paperwork, being correct -- 'uber alles.' We continue to make the same mistakes again and again in education. We need administrators who will follow through and correct bad processes, in particular those that result in abhorrent outcomes. But such administrators are fewer than you might think.
Of course the bureaucracy of the Federal Government, and the News Organizations of the world, and the staid traditions of Congress -- that would take several "books" or complaints and error to even begin to assess the current conditions.
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