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It's not difficult to see how conservative "values" and Republican destruction of public schools are making America weaker.

idk Clownshack seems like public schools are doing that to themselves. Not sure how spending $33K per pupil is a destruction.

Perhaps you could actually enumerate how the schools have been "destructed".

Is this another thread dominated by morons who have neither been a teacher nor a parent, but seem to be experts in education?

Yeah but we got AI! Just dealing with schools is a hassle.

Why are so many administrators needed, you might ask as a parent myself let me tell you ....

Students are behaving poorly. When there is a poorly, I mean antisocial shoot the teacher type poorly it triggers all sorts of administrators.

Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA): An evaluation requested by parents or school staff to determine the root cause of the behavior.
Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP): A customized plan built from an FBA that outlines specific strategies, replacement behaviors, and adult responses.
504 Plans or IEPs (Individualized Education Programs): If the behavior is tied to a disability (such as ADHD or emotional disturbance), the student may qualify for specialized accommodations, counseling, or a formal team review under federal guidelines.
Parent Consensus: When a child's behavior repeatedly disrupts others, the school's typical progression moves rapidly from parent-teacher conferences to counselor involvement and formal administrative intervention.

EIPs are a teacher and administrator time sink and gravy train for specialists .... the whole thing spirals into a disaster for all the other students. 14% of students in Fresno unified have to have IEP plans.

Each IEP student requires ....
School Psychologists: Conduct cognitive and behavioral evaluations to form the foundation of the plan.
Speech-Language Pathologists & Occupational Therapists: Write specialized goals and service trackers.
Special Education Case Managers: Synthesize all data, type out the final multi-page plan, and coordinate compliance tracking.

This all degrades the education a child in a poor neighborhood receives, it also takes money away from poorer districts.

American Kids are temper tantrum tornadoes.

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