Asking for your answer to a question. Do you have an opinion?

Hello all,

I have been sitting here today, with too much time on my hand.  Thinking can be a dangerous past time.  Not nearly as dangerous as making a joke around people with no sense of humor, but dangerous nonetheless.

I have been in education technology now going on 10 years.  I've seen ups and downs.  I've seen staff turn over, lots of politics.  I have seen all kinds magic bullets programs, strategies, and changes that were going to fix things.  People come up with all kinds of cleaver ideas.  Many are truly trying hard to make things "better".  These things come and go, yet a few things remain.  Education costs money, tax payers want to cut taxes, and everything we hear is that our educational system in America is failing.

Forget anything that anyone else says about what is "failing".  Forget everything you know about how a school works.  Forget your past experiences with your school.  Forget all the political stuff.

So, my question to you is, What do you want YOUR school to look like?  What would you, the tax payer, like to see happen or happening at YOUR school to consider it a success?  What do you want the school to do that will make you say, "Our school(s) are a success and worth the money"

Honestly, we know all about what a failing school is.  We hear it all the time in the news.  What I really want to know and hear is what does it take for you, the tax payer to say, "We have great schools, and I don't mind paying taxes for our school system.  Our schools do what I want them to do and are going in the right and proper direction."

Please give this some thought.  I know what I would like to see as a parent, and as an employee, and a taxpayer.  But I REALLY want to explore other ideas.

What say you?