Friday, November 14, 2014

Starr: It is not enough to “just find the best teachers and best principals and put them where they need to be,”

...School administrators said that given union contracts and other factors, simply looking at how teachers are placed is not sufficient.
It is not enough to “just find the best teachers and best principals and put them where they need to be,” said Joshua Starr, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. He said districts needed to think about creating supportive school cultures.
“A teacher works in an ecosystem,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/us/obama-administration-puts-new-focus-on-equity-in-teacher-quality.html?ref=education

1 comment:

  1. Starr who values quotas over qualifications has no business speaking about teacher quality.

    BTW, does the man chase the national media? He doesn't have the time to speak to local parents about local issues, instead he sends out lower level staffers to do the dirty work. But he sure does collect his quarter million salary while chasing the national spotlight. I've no doubt he'd dump MCPS the minute a better offer came his way.

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