California's Education System is ***** Up

Every since I was a young lad and as far back as I can remember, there is a problem with the California Education System. In middle school, I remember doing a project about the California Budget Crisis and it's been nearly a decade and there is still a budget crisis. Whenever there is a shortage of money, education is ALWAYS the first thing to be cut. It is no wonder that there is a plethora of problems in education. In my 2 years of teaching, I had to survive 2 rounds of pink-slips and countless of budget cuts...cutting teachers only worsens the problems. Having effective teachers in the classroom is the way to go, but with bad teachers, that's a whole other story...

For the first time, I am actually learning something in my master's program. So I'm taking this class about Charter Schools and with the College Ready Promise grant by the Gates Foundation, I see a brighter future in this very dim, dark world of education. Education in terms of salary, retention, performance management, is becoming more like the models used at big Corporate America. Basically, the College Ready Promise strives to create career ladders for teacher (personal growth) as well as compensate them for where they are in these bands "Entry -> Emerging -> Achieving -> Highly effective I (Score achieved and maintained) -> Highly effective II (prove effectiveness with highest-need students) -> Master teacher, coach, or administrator." Very interesting career path option which is far more superior than the LAUSD metric/bracket. Also, in charter schools, if you suck, you're fired. At LAUSD, if you suck, you can still stick around and be a parasite in the education system.

Anyways, here's the entertaining part of the blog entry...
Click Here to Watch a Parody of the Education System Starring Megan Fox