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High Schools are Businesses

I've recently found out the annual income for my school for gaining new students, out of district. It happens to be in the 14 Million dollar ball park. Wow! Also, we sell High School clothing, Have fund raisers for unnecessary things, and the school has us do the fund raisers for them.

1) Have schools turned into a giant business?
2) Is it right/just?
3) If you were in charge of a school, what would you do with 14 Million Dollars?

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  • Ian Young

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    Dec 13 2011: On this topic, I would like to reccomend the excellent talk by Sir Ken Robinson on the evolution of modern education from it's Enlightenment and Industrial roots.

    Sir Ken Robinson - "Changing Educational Paradigms"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

    Definitely brain food.
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