Politics of Jobs In City Schools Hinder Reform
Patricia C. Conn remembers delivering a clear message to the Richmond, Va., board of education when she interviewed for the job of schools chief in 1995: If you choose me, you choose change.
"I said I'm a transformational change agent," Ms. Conn recalled. "They said: 'Oh, yes, that's what we've been looking for.'"
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