Comments on: Everything Old Is New Again: The “New” Principal Selection Process http://www.edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: NYC Educator http://www.edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process/comment-page-1#comment-65034 NYC Educator Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:42:55 +0000 http://edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process#comment-65034 Well, this is perhaps only tangentially related, but I very much liked Randi Weingarten's comment today on mayoral control and budget cuts: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/nyregion/01principals.html?ex=1359522000&en=c7bfc6a06db071f8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all <blockquote>Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, called the cuts “draconian” and blamed them on Mr. Bloomberg’s control of the schools. “This is where we miss having an independent chancellor, not somebody who is appointed by the mayor,” she said. “We need people who are the management of the school system to say you can’t reflexively cut schools.”</blockquote> Mayoral control has been an unmitigated disaster for city teachers and kids. Rampant and unconscionable overcrowding, the highest class sizes in the state, and the substandard, outdated facilities benefit nothing but the bottom line. I hope the UFT follows Ms. Weingarten's lead and takes a strong principled stand against renewal of mayoral control. Most good government is built on checks and balances, and NYC sorely needs them too. Well, this is perhaps only tangentially related, but I very much liked Randi Weingarten’s comment today on mayoral control and budget cuts:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/nyregion/01principals.html?ex=1359522000&en=c7bfc6a06db071f8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, called the cuts “draconian” and blamed them on Mr. Bloomberg’s control of the schools. “This is where we miss having an independent chancellor, not somebody who is appointed by the mayor,” she said. “We need people who are the management of the school system to say you can’t reflexively cut schools.”

Mayoral control has been an unmitigated disaster for city teachers and kids. Rampant and unconscionable overcrowding, the highest class sizes in the state, and the substandard, outdated facilities benefit nothing but the bottom line.

I hope the UFT follows Ms. Weingarten’s lead and takes a strong principled stand against renewal of mayoral control. Most good government is built on checks and balances, and NYC sorely needs them too.

]]> By: xkaydet65 http://www.edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process/comment-page-1#comment-65030 xkaydet65 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:03:13 +0000 http://edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process#comment-65030 One of the obstacles an aspiring principal had to overcome was being sent to an unfamiliar school and asked to control a student audience and run an assembly program.A principal's "presence" not simply the aythority conferred by title was a prerequisite to holding the office. BTW Belichik would be a superior Chancellor. One of the obstacles an aspiring principal had to overcome was being sent to an unfamiliar school and asked to control a student audience and run an assembly program.A principal’s “presence” not simply the aythority conferred by title was a prerequisite to holding the office.

BTW Belichik would be a superior Chancellor.

]]> By: Schoolgal http://www.edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process/comment-page-1#comment-65028 Schoolgal Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:00:16 +0000 http://edwize.org/everything-old-is-new-again-the-new-principal-selection-process#comment-65028 Wow! Hell must have frozen over because this is one great post. Those of us who remember know that this is nothing new. Wow! Hell must have frozen over because this is one great post.

Those of us who remember know that this is nothing new.

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