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Someone close to me works at a very good public high school in Massachusetts. The district is in the middle of the enormous task of planning/budgeting/funding a
by sopooneo 14y ago
Someone close to me works at a very good public high school in Massachusetts. The district is in the middle of the enormous task of planning/budgeting/funding a new school building. At one point they showed some preliminary plans to various interested parties, and the teachers were immediately prompted to ask where the bookshelves were, or where freestanding ones could even be placed. The answer from the superintendent was that this school was to have no physical books whatsoever, so they're not bothering with shelves.
- ensignavenger 14y agoThere are a lot of things that go on 'book' shelves that aren't books! I think this was a major design flaw.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoARgh, where do they find these people, and why are they entrusted with important positions affecting the education of our kids?! Seriously, what are the qualifications required for school administrators? These stories give the impression that they're crazily gullible and shallow people, whose decisions are guided more by the latest school-administrator fads than by actual experience with education...