Wednesday, March 9, 2011

We want to be part of the solution!

A wise person once said, “You are either part of the solution or you are part of problem." In the spirit of this quote, the 47 superintendents in the Capital Region BOCES and Questar III BOCES have developed a legislative position paper.

The paper outlines ideas and changes that our state leaders should consider in what I hope will become a joint effort between public schools and the state to implement meaningful, long term reform in public education. Educators and state leaders need to participate in a meaningful dialogue on the issues and challenges facing public eduction in New York State instead of being at odds and viewing each other as adversaries in a battle in which there won't necessarily be a clear winner. The only certainty in a fight like the one going on right now over school funding is that in the end, our students are the ones who will lose.

Please click here to view the paper, and feel free to comment if you have thoughts or ideas that add to this important dialogue.

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