Anonymous wrote:John Davis? If yes, good riddance. They can forget about bringing the middle-class in.
who?Anonymous wrote:His last day at DCPS is Aug 4th. he will now be Baltimore's Chief of Schools for Baltimore City.
Anonymous wrote:We don't another failed EdReformer backed by the school choice lobby (Fordham).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of local candidates which relevant experience - way more qualified than Michelle Rhee or Kaya ever were.
Jean Claude Brizard, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, has been living in DC for 3+ years. There are lots of people with impressive resumes like him who come to work at the federal level, or at think tanks.
Woohoo - I win! You can all take me out to lunch after tomorrow.
Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of local candidates which relevant experience - way more qualified than Michelle Rhee or Kaya ever were.
Jean Claude Brizard, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, has been living in DC for 3+ years. There are lots of people with impressive resumes like him who come to work at the federal level, or at think tanks.
Anonymous wrote:FYI. Mayor Bowser has a 2 PM news conference today and will be discussing the Chancellor search, among other issues.
http://khn.org/news/obama-renews-call-for-a-public-option-in-health-law/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=31548983&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_brWdO2tQuHPns5x5K6R-gwiNEwchzRVT2jcaMAK2FpYOwdtV2dsHTqCgXWaWboW6oK6eAUMSsP6S0Iud2TD0C89rGrMgslSs-j5NlV38zNstS5l0&_hsmi=31548983
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gotta say, I agree with Mathews on this. DCPS is too much a political minefield to bring in someone new. Hire from within is best.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/an-open-letter-to-the-mayor-please-cancel-national-search-for-a-new-dc-schools-chancellor/2016/07/10/4c62f130-44b7-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html
Why would anyone listen to anything Mathews says? He has been wrong so many times in the past. In this case, he compares DC to other urban districts without controlling for variables, such as the recent infusion of high SES families into the District schools. Is this the case with the other districts? Because DC is a political minefield, why would anyone want to continue this culture by hiring an insider Superintendent/Chancellor who might have planted some of those mines?
So he can keep his job, wasn't he on Rhee's payroll at one point now he only posts about once a year. He's a sorry sock of a reporter. Major newspaper and no journalist appointed to report on education, what a joke.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Gotta say, I agree with Mathews on this. DCPS is too much a political minefield to bring in someone new. Hire from within is best.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/an-open-letter-to-the-mayor-please-cancel-national-search-for-a-new-dc-schools-chancellor/2016/07/10/4c62f130-44b7-11e6-88d0-6adee48be8bc_story.html
Why would anyone listen to anything Mathews says? He has been wrong so many times in the past. In this case, he compares DC to other urban districts without controlling for variables, such as the recent infusion of high SES families into the District schools. Is this the case with the other districts? Because DC is a political minefield, why would anyone want to continue this culture by hiring an insider Superintendent/Chancellor who might have planted some of those mines?