I got into this to help kids and support teachers, and I still fight to protect that work. But the reports, the scores, the dashboards keep pulling my hours and my attention. Every year the pressure to serve the numbers wins a little more, and the human part loses ground.
More people experience this than they realize.
You fight to protect the human work, but the pressure to serve the numbers keeps winning.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.