I have three kids in public school at one of the best school districts in America It’s some mix of the following: - Great engaged teachers - Overworked and u

I have three kids in public school at one of the best school districts in America It’s some mix of the following: - Great engaged teachers - Overworked and under staffed administrators - Totally clueless substitutes - Increasingly impressive mental health focus - Standardized testing focus - Increasingly invasive spyware and “security” systems All of these are the result of the schools trying to balance: 1. Keeping parents not mad (as opposed to happy) 2. staying in line with district and state guidance 3. Graduating and matriculating the student body out of the school safely and “on time” for their peer groups The challenge is that there’s no super-structure that is measuring or interested in long term outcomes so it’s haphazard and leads to a chaotic system with decreasing utility to the modern world. My ex wife is an admistrator and previously a teacher and I don’t envy anyone who has to try and work in such a system