Exploiting Children
School Board Members Who Cross the Line
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2013
180 pages
979-8-216-32229-0 (ISBN)
Description
America's citizens want children to receive a high-quality education in clean, orderly and safe schools staffed with quality teachers, support staff and courageous educational leaders. In many communities, such a school experience is something the students will never have.
Why? One or more members of the governing board desire to use their elected position for personal gain. They are Exploiters. Some desire to exploit a little. Others crave total domination of the school system and become the petty tyrants of education.
Whether the exploitation is minimal or extreme, exploitative board members are highly detrimental to the effectiveness of the local school system. They destroy teamwork, morale, careers and many times entire school systems. They steal a high-quality education from children.
The predominant governance structure of public education dictated by law is seriously flawed. What thousands of citizens and educators strongly desire for their schools can be discarded and replaced with the unscrupulous will of one individual. Exploitive school board members must be understood and stopped. The governance structure of public education must be changed.
Why? One or more members of the governing board desire to use their elected position for personal gain. They are Exploiters. Some desire to exploit a little. Others crave total domination of the school system and become the petty tyrants of education.
Whether the exploitation is minimal or extreme, exploitative board members are highly detrimental to the effectiveness of the local school system. They destroy teamwork, morale, careers and many times entire school systems. They steal a high-quality education from children.
The predominant governance structure of public education dictated by law is seriously flawed. What thousands of citizens and educators strongly desire for their schools can be discarded and replaced with the unscrupulous will of one individual. Exploitive school board members must be understood and stopped. The governance structure of public education must be changed.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-216-32229-0 (9798216322290)
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Dr. Matt Spencer is a veteran educational leader who has served in public education in Missouri and California for thirty-four years. As the Senior Consultant with the Workplace Bullying Institute of Bellingham, Washington, Dr. Spencer champions efforts to ensure the schoolhouse is a safe, productive and abuse-free environment for students to learn and employees to serve.
Content
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Section One: Motivations, Methods, Strategies and Tactics
What Is Exploitation?Degrees of ExploitationMotivations and MentalityThe Exploiter's Essential SkillsetGetting On The Inside: Winning the Election Achieving Total Domination of the School SystemThe Tactics and Weapons of War Torture and Death of the Educational LeadersCultivating the Spies and SnitchesThe Veil Of SilenceJudgment Day Will Surely ComeThy Kingdom Has ComeSection Two: Understanding the Devastation To The School System
The Deterioration Begins Purging The Community Values From The School SystemPurging The Quality From The WorkforcePromoting and Perpetuating IncompetenceThe Bad Reputation Life At The Schoolhouse For Those Left BehindThe Impact On The CommunityThe Death Of The School SystemSection Three: The Flawed Governance Structure Of Public Education
Who Is At Fault?What Is Governance And Governance Structure?Enhancing Governance: The Governance SubcommitteeHow Could The Governance Subcommittee Make A Difference?Role And Function Of The Governance Subcommittee More Clearly DefinedThe Members Of The Governance SubcommitteeLegislative Action Is EssentialWhich Will It Be: The DC-3 Or The Dreamliner?
Preface
Introduction
Section One: Motivations, Methods, Strategies and Tactics
What Is Exploitation?Degrees of ExploitationMotivations and MentalityThe Exploiter's Essential SkillsetGetting On The Inside: Winning the Election Achieving Total Domination of the School SystemThe Tactics and Weapons of War Torture and Death of the Educational LeadersCultivating the Spies and SnitchesThe Veil Of SilenceJudgment Day Will Surely ComeThy Kingdom Has ComeSection Two: Understanding the Devastation To The School System
The Deterioration Begins Purging The Community Values From The School SystemPurging The Quality From The WorkforcePromoting and Perpetuating IncompetenceThe Bad Reputation Life At The Schoolhouse For Those Left BehindThe Impact On The CommunityThe Death Of The School SystemSection Three: The Flawed Governance Structure Of Public Education
Who Is At Fault?What Is Governance And Governance Structure?Enhancing Governance: The Governance SubcommitteeHow Could The Governance Subcommittee Make A Difference?Role And Function Of The Governance Subcommittee More Clearly DefinedThe Members Of The Governance SubcommitteeLegislative Action Is EssentialWhich Will It Be: The DC-3 Or The Dreamliner?
