That year, a campaign demanded new black history courses, no more police in high schools, and
more black principals.
His father was the first
black principal in Brooklyn, who rose to be the executive deputy superintendent of schools.
Because Vallas always had a handful of well compensated black people as part of his team, it was usually some time before people noticed how the «Vallas Method» had among its results the destruction of black schools, the busting of black unions, and the elimination
of black principals and other administrators through privatization and a biased version of «standards and accountability.»
The latest spot from the activewear brand features NBA MVP Stephen Curry, who helped bring home an NBA championship for the Golden State Warriors; Misty Copeland, the first
black principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre; and golfer Jordan Spieth, who won the 2015 Masters and the U.S. Open.
Also, the promise of improved academic outcomes didn't harken whites back to New Orleans public schools, particularly those
with black principals.
The number
of Black principals and administrators who had to go through endless litigation to secure their rights since Paul Vallas took over is unprecedented.
A black principal from Camden High is more blunt.
The two cases accepted by the Court, Jett v. Dallas Independent School District and Dallas Independent School District v. Jett (Case Nos. 87 - 2084 and 88 - 214), stem from
a black principal's decision in 1983 to replace his school's white coach with a black coach.
The community in this case was black, and those governing the schools under the experimental program demanded black teachers and
black principals.
Einstein had a few black teachers and
a black principal, but Esie was the only black teacher who didn't grow up in New Orleans.
When education reporter Lillian Mongeau wrote a story for The Hechinger Report last month headlined «How to hire more
black principals,» she quoted a black principal, a black teacher, a black student and a black CEO, along with a Latina professor and one white man.
At the same time he was undermining the authority of
Black principals and administrators, Paul Vallas was terminating tenured teachers, large numbers of whom were Black, the heart of the school system, using equally unfair methods.
Unfortunately for a number of would - be
black principals in the Chicago Public Schools, Paul Vallas is not so fair - minded.
Dr. Jordan's «The Paul Vallas I Knew» outlined Vallas's treatment of
black principals and administrators, Over the years, it has been utilized by people in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and elsewhere.
For the most part, Vallas singled out
black principals to push out of their jobs.
In 1969 Mississippi had 168
black principals.