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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]True.  Placement is a dumb word. And it was lazy of me to use that word following somebody else’s use of it, without saying the following: The kids have to get themselves into universities, but college admissions offices certainly know the reputations of each private school in DC.  And your school’s college counselors are charged with creating relationships with those admissions offices and touting the curriculum and quality of the school they represent.   So the universities to which kids are accepted is a feather in the cap of the school, and a source of pride for the teachers, counselors and administrators, and certainly one measure of a Head’s success. [/quote]

No, it's a measure of success of the students, teachers, college counselors. The only thing the head of school more than likely did was hire the teachers and counselors.[/quote]

The point is "placement" is a horrible word.  It implies active work by the school to secure positions in prestigious colleges for their students, with a large degree of influence.  Schools can tout acceptances and matriculations. The head hired the teachers and counselors, but that's his or her job.  To say the head doesn't share in the success of the acceptances and matriculations is like saying the GM of a football team doesn't get credit for a Super Bowl cause he never put on a uniform.  Moreover, a head is responsible for the daily and yearly success of the school in every way shape and form.[/quote]

The head should receive credit, but the amount of credit they actually deserve, which should be significantly less than the people who actually did the difficult work, including the students, their teachers, and their college counselors. The problem is that schools are following the corrupt corporate model in which CEOs are paid hundreds if not thousands of dollars an hour, while the people doing the actual work are paid a pittance. This is how people naturalize inequality.[/quote]

If he takes credit for the good teachers, he should take accountability for the horrible ones. [/quote]

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