From Deseret News archives:
Utah should streamline educational governance
It's advice successful companies have taken in restructuring their organizations to meet the needs of today's era of globalization. They quickly downsized, resized and reinvented themselves. They became lean, high-performance organizations that transformed their workplace from one rewarding loyalty and driven by process to one that is market driven.
Utah state lawmakers now find themselves frustrated in trying to prepare students with a world-class education while dealing with a bloated education governance structure. It is burdened with layers of bureaucracies, so responsibility is diffused and the status quo protected by people in the system, the "stakeholders" state and local school boards, bureaucrats and their protectors. Missing are the parents and taxpayers, the real "stakeholders."
The challenge lawmakers have in reforming education is to do what today's successful businesses had to do, streamline their organizations so they can meet the current market demands and build in flexibility to respond to an unknown future. The current system sets up the applicable parties for failure and conflict, where responsibility is diffused among the system so that no one can be held accountable for results. Furthermore, dedicated administrators have to answer to many bosses who often demand or give different directions. Change will require eliminating or redefining the role of school boards and defining who is responsible for assuring the legislative intent of policies is carried out.
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