You Call That a Solution?
An interesting little item from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The Pittsburgh Public Schools will drop “public” from its name and adopt a new, standardized way of referring to its schools as part of a campaign to brighten and strengthen the district’s image.
By dropping “public” from its name, Randall Taylor said, the district might be able to avoid the negative attitude often associated with public schools.
Ummm, I have a question…
Why not try fixing the problem, rather than changing the name to hide it?
I suppose we should be glad that someone is at least acknowledging the fact that there is a “negative attitude” about the public school system.
Who exactly is this going to make feel better about it, though? The people already there? The people who have pulled their kids out for private school or homeschool? The teachers? The taxpaying public in general?
And for any of the above groups, how much difference is it going to make?
“Wow, that school has a cool name… maybe I should give up my commitment to educate my child at home in an enriching, Christian environment and send them there…”
Right.
This is all too typical of the way the government seems to respond to problems… Put on a band-aid, treat a symptom, pass the buck, cover it up…
I hope the good people of Pittsburgh demand more.
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July 15th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
I agree. This is one of the governments typical marketing schemes. They take something that isn’t working and that the people don’t agree with and they repackage it and give it a new name. This way they can “sell” it as something new and improved.
Hopefully, the majority of American society will catch on and do something about this absurd practice.
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