"M.A says 'Who cares whether the cause is bad principals or inexperienced teachers? Mr. Bonham's argument begs the question, "Why do schools with higher percentages of Black students get assigned "bad" principals?" Wouldn't you assume that the more challenging schools would be assigned the best principals?'"
I would like to propose another perspective of the solution. It is possible to assign "good, best" principals to low achieving schools, but he has to get the teaching staff on board with his concepts and that may take some time to get some cohesiveness at that school. Especially if the principal has "inexperienced teachers", "non motivated teachers" and "only a few good teachers", but not enough "good" techers to turn the school around in a year This would be true if the parents were not supportive of the program or of the school itself. Maybe all parents and students in the district should have a contract with the school and the district stating that they will do whatever is needed to motivate their own kids to do better as well as help other kids improve their performances. I would like to see a cadre of principals hired out to the school district to improve the schools performance. This to me would be like a hospital hiring ER physicians to run the ER or pathologists hired to run the laboratory in a hospital. The principals would stay with their existing school but would provide a resouce base for principals that are having problems at their school or provide inexperienced principals with mentors. These principals would be responsible by their own cadre of principals (peer group) and also be held accountable to the district and the school building for their performance and evaluation. I personally hate to see a good principal "forced to leave" their school in order to help another school. By using the cadre they could be on loan or be a mentor for another school which needs the help, but still be officially assigned to their primary building. eli kaplan linden hills REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
