GEORGE SCOTT'S COLUMNS ON ACADEMICS IN KISD:

 

Be sure you read George Scott's columns today.  They are both excellent and pertinent to the bond discussion.

 

Classroom Teachers Should Join Reformers And Help Beat Katy I.S.D. Bond Issue; No Reform At Any Level Will Begin Until The Arrogance Of The School Board & Administration Is Rebuked In Fundamental, Significant Way

Posted: 03 Oct 2014 05:41 AM PDT

How could the Katy I.S.D. School Board allow its administrators to take 140 of its more experienced classroom teachers (for the most part) out of the classroom away from the instruction of children under a philosophical premise that creating another level of bureaucracy over the classroom teachers that remain behind will improve student academic performance? […]

The Institutional Advantage Of Government – Particularly School Districts – In Getting Bad Bond Packages Approved

Posted: 02 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT

I was quoted in The Houston Chronicle months back that it was almost certain that a bond issue in Katy I.S.D. that incorporated schools would be passed by voters. That is the nature of the institutional advantage that government has when it comes to getting the money it wants when it has the ability to […]