The limited value of planning in education: Getting back to the basics isn't all about curriculum |
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| Authors: | Dr Robert P Engvall PhD |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Iowa, Iowa, USA;(2) Huron University, Main Campus, 333 9th Street S.W., 57350-2798 Huron, SD |
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| Abstract: | In these times of tight budgets and political intoleance for taxation, public schools, particularly urban public schools,
will continually have to look for ways in which to spend less while dealing with ever-increasing societal problems. While
the ability of schools to improve the overal “product” with less resources is highly suspect, this article addresses one way
in which spending less might actually improve school perfomance.
The best planners in the best schools should be the administration, techers, students, parents, and the comminitu at large,
and not outside esxperts hired to improve a school's “comprehensive” or “strategic” plan. By forcing the segments of the public
that have the largest stake in the educational outcomes of schools to work together to plan for the future, schools will improve
the efficacy of their staffs, their students, and allow parents the self-satisfaction of playing an important role in their
children's education. An improtant side effect of such a method may be an increasing awareness by the public of the difficulties
that schools face, and perhaps a better understanding of the important need for higher expenditures.
His research interests include professionalism, collective bargaining, and educational reform. His articles have appeared
inPeople and Education, and a recent article has been aceepted for publication in theJournal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector. |
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