So at my mother's school there was the principal and vice principal, obviously. Each one of them was typically getting their masters or EdD and thus running exp

So at my mother's school there was the principal and vice principal, obviously. Each one of them was typically getting their masters or EdD and thus running experiments on the students to write about in their theses. Of course, given that this is teaching and teachers are one of the most unethical professions in existence, there was no IRB approval for these studies (Sowell addresses this concern in his book 'Education in America'). After the principal there is a 'district'. The district is made up of completely ineffective administrative staff who are unable to manage even the most basic office tasks. My mother once was offered a contract to teach in our local district, and the secretary sent a piece of blank paper for her to sign -- twice. And then, there is the superintendent, which is an employee (unelected in most places). The superintendent is like the principal of principals. Of course, like the principals, he or she too is conducting unapproved research on the children, without any kind of oversight. Above that is an elected school board made up of people pushing their own agenda. Oh, and then there's the teacher's union, a quasi-governmental body, which demands a premium of the teacher's salary (thus inflating the cost of hiring a teacher). Rather than advocating on behalf of teachers (which is their nominal job), they spend most of the money lobbying for leftist causes meant to enrich the union representatives. Of course the union has no accountability to voters and has a shadow structure to the school district, all of which has to be paid for out of your tax dollars, because why not? That's just at the local level. There are then even more layers at the regional, state, and national level.