The constant focus on compliance over actual student progress drives me crazy. It feels like we spend more time checking boxes than actually teaching meaningful skills. Can anyone relate?

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Yes. I can relate. But I feel so powerless to actually get anything to change! My ideas fall on deaf ears and everything seems to be about money, funding, staffing, and making it look good on paper- not about student learning.

Agreed.

I think this is what happens when government reaches in too much. Things just become inefficient and the focus starts to get shifted to things that don't matter as much. In turn that puts pressure on us, the professionals, to make sure the kids get the attention they deserve, while also trying to deal with endless bureaucracy and paperwork.

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