Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
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#3In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents.
I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#4In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
Schools should never be autonomous, but I dont believe they should be considered to work for parents either
Schools should work to produce well rounded educated productive citizens for the community. That includes the parents, but also includes childless citizens, businesses, etc.
The politics of both parents, AND teachers have muddled the true mission of what a school should be. I would like to see schools return to actual education, and less politics.
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#5On a much smaller scale, a bad school app experience is the main reason why I built an Alexa app for anyone in our district to easily ask Alexa for the lunch menu daily https://github.com/jeffsheets/alexa-papio-lunch-menu/
Pretty common for school district apps to feel antiquated and hard to use. Definitely a disruptible space.
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#6In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
I think school choice is the ideal middle ground. Schools can offer a variety of ways to teach and parents can pick from them / start their own school and provide another offering.
One size fits all is bound to cause problems as our society becomes more diverse and accepting.
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#7In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
Schools should work for kids. Period. They often don’t, but let’s keep our focus.
Schools need to collaborate with parents to work for kids. Parents need to collaborate with schools to work for kids.
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#8In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
Schools should never be autonomous, but I dont believe they should be considered to work for parents either Schools should work to produce well rounded educated productive citizens for the community. That includes the parents, but also includes childless citizens, businesses, etc. The politics of both parents, AND teachers have muddled the true mission of what a school should be. I would like to see schools return to…
> Schools should work to produce well rounded educated productive citizens for the community.
Agreed, but who defines this? Parents deserve input, as key stakeholders and as taxpayers.
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#9In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
Schools should never be autonomous, but I dont believe they should be considered to work for parents either Schools should work to produce well rounded educated productive citizens for the community. That includes the parents, but also includes childless citizens, businesses, etc. The politics of both parents, AND teachers have muddled the true mission of what a school should be. I would like to see schools return to…
> Schools should work to produce well rounded educated productive citizens for the community.
No. Children are not a commodity, to be molded by the needs of the state by the educational industrial complex.
Children are people. Their own interests should be paramount. Not those of the community, the state, or even the parents. (The parents are generally more trusted because they have their children’s best interest at heart more often than the bureaucracy does.)
Re: Parents built a school app. Then the city called the cops
#10In the USA it’s a hot issue right now whether the schools work for the parents, or whether the schools have autonomy from parents. I read articles like this (and others) and I feel we’ve swayed too far into the “schools are autonomous” side of things. I want it to swing back.
This isn’t the US though. It’s Sweden.