Right or Wrong...

We've all been there. On the other side of okay, you usually find yourself thinking, "How did I get here?" Often, problems that go unnoticed as long as was the case in Rita's school means they developed slowly. Bam! How did we get here? One little "fudge" on teacher-student ratio here, one on scheduling there, one on hiring practices here, one on professional development there...leaders have to commit to something and focus. If a leader is not aware of inequities, that leader is not focued on the same vision. Too often, we want to point to the teachers and administrators when something is wrong. However, bullying parents and community members, elitests, and slience are the problems. The teachers in the overpopulated area of the school should have spoken up as advocates not only for themselves and their profession, but especially for their students. Administrators should have had more of a presence of mind to notice the inadequacies in certain programs. When is it wrong to hold people responsible for doing the right thing? When is the right thing not wrong? All involved with allowing the school to become divided should be involved in more professional and best practices development training.