If you?ve followed this year?s state budget debate, you?ve likely heard the Democrats who run the General Assembly talking about protecting teachers? jobs.
That line of thinking came to mind when I read the following in a TIME article about the challenges in the Kansas City public school system:
[Superintendent John] Covington, a former principal and teacher, hit town a year ago with the task of figuring out how to cut $50 million in spending and avoid bankruptcy. Within days he put teachers, principals and the bloated administration on notice. “We’re not an employment agency. We are a school district,” he says.
While North Carolina?s public education challenges differ in some respects from those in the shrinking Kansas City system, the idea of avoiding an ?employment agency? mentality seems like a good one.
