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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6219916" data-attributes="member: 8835">this was a commentary thread, not a scientific journal. I don't need data.&nbsp; I have actual connections.&nbsp; Not sure why you're being so defensive on the topic. &nbsp;I'm not bashing teachers.&nbsp; I'm not bashing schools.&nbsp; I'm bashing the people running the schools who continuously make bad decisions that nobody with business experience would have ever made.And I never said they need to turn a profit.I expect the people running the school to manage their funds correctly, actually employ proper management practices and communications and decision making like I experienced in the Fortune sub100-something I worked at.A person with proper management experience and skills can set their mind to running the school and behaving professionally without compromising the teachers objective in actually teaching kids.&nbsp; If said professional were employed instead of the traditional teacher turned principal, we may see a reduction in stupid mismanagement because a proper manager knows how to conduct business properly.So, it is my view that principals and superintendents need to spend a stint in the corporate world or take some business management classes on their way to getting the Masters in Education Administration.&nbsp; As my spouse worked as a teacher, my neighbor is a teacher, and I have at least six friends who are teachers, including one who just got her Masters so she can become a Principal, I have a reasonable set of anecdotal evidence for the school systems they work in that there is a management deficiency in a number of schools.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6219916, member: 8835"] this was a commentary thread, not a scientific journal. I don't need data. I have actual connections. Not sure why you're being so defensive on the topic. I'm not bashing teachers. I'm not bashing schools. I'm bashing the people running the schools who continuously make bad decisions that nobody with business experience would have ever made. And I never said they need to turn a profit. I expect the people running the school to manage their funds correctly, actually employ proper management practices and communications and decision making like I experienced in the Fortune sub100-something I worked at. A person with proper management experience and skills can set their mind to running the school and behaving professionally without compromising the teachers objective in actually teaching kids. If said professional were employed instead of the traditional teacher turned principal, we may see a reduction in stupid mismanagement because a proper manager knows how to conduct business properly. So, it is my view that principals and superintendents need to spend a stint in the corporate world or take some business management classes on their way to getting the Masters in Education Administration. As my spouse worked as a teacher, my neighbor is a teacher, and I have at least six friends who are teachers, including one who just got her Masters so she can become a Principal, I have a reasonable set of anecdotal evidence for the school systems they work in that there is a management deficiency in a number of schools. [/QUOTE]

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