Today I learned something New. Pyrrhic victory: A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit (another term for this would be hollow victory). This is what has been occurring for decades in PPS with a pervasive culture of choice. I was asked by a PPS staffer if the recommendations put forth by SACET of which I am one member, is a zero-sum game for me. Princeton University defines zero sum as: In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which a participants gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). If the total gains of the participants are added up, and the total losses are subtracted, they will sum to zero. Zero-sum can be thought of more generally as constant sum where the benefits and losses to all players sum to the same value of money (or utility). Cutting a cake is zero- or constant-sum, because taking a larger piece reduces the amount of cake available for others. In contrast, non-zero-sum describes a situation in which the interacting parties aggregate gains and losses is either less than or more than zero. For years some students and families have benefitted from a pyrrhic victory. It has come at such a great cost to under-served students, red-lined students, segregated students, special education students and low income students.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:52:56 +0000
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