Netflix founder lays blame on school boards | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA.

Constant turnover among elected school boards is a key reason why so many public schools are mediocre, the chief executive officer of Netflix said Friday.

“There is never a chance to get to greatness in the organization,” said Reed Hastings, who also is the founder of the firm that provides movies by mail and Internet streaming.

“It is the system that says you have to make a difference in your short term,” Hastings said of school board members.

“That is the fundamental problem,” he said.

Hastings was the keynote speaker at the fourth annual meeting of the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools, which drew about 275 registrants.

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