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Urban superintendents know they're going to be judged by test scores so unless something bumps up scores, it takes a much lower priority for them.»
Not exact matches
You
know as well as anyone the challenges of being an
urban superintendent.
Hill should also
know that
urban schools are not governed by gypsy
superintendents who wander the nation in search of leadership positions.
When Bob Peterkin took over the
Urban Superintendents Program (USP) in 1991, a year after it began, he
knew the program had a lot of work to do.
Adamowski's dissertation, which exists only in one copy, apparently, is about teacher compensation... you
know, those princely salaries teachers get, unlike special masters (150 - 225K + + + plus pensions never earned and platinum health benefits) or
superintendent / CEOs of
urban districts (with no CT state certification) $ 230K + + plus bonuses for every decimal place attained by test score percentages once the «lowest performing» students are removed from the pool.
Kaya
knew the tremendous personal cost shouldered by any
urban superintendent or chancellor: the demands are 24 - 7; the needs of children are urgent; and the politics can be brutal.