People will pay almost any amount for a quality education. It's the quality that counts. What We Need These myths are dangerous because they get us focused on the wrong issues. The issue isn't whether the machinery of education is too big or too small, whether it's owned and operated by a public or private bureaucracy or by the right people, or whether it needs more or fewer resources. The issue is that we need a better machine, one that produces better results.
Education reform needs to be about creating that better machine.
Regardless of the path we choose, transforming education requires us to leave behind our ideologies, to leave behind some of the most ingrained habits and beliefs that govern education today. The Five C's In their new book, Banishing Bureaucracy , David Osborne and Peter Plastrick identify five strategies for any organization that hopes to win the competition for public support. Schools have taken on too many responsibilities and lost the focus on what needs to be at the core of what they do. We need to reassert that the moral purpose of our schools is to ensure that all students learn. Success must be defined in terms of a challenging and relevant curriculum with high standards for all students.