More Power to Schools
PERSONAL ATTENTION: Robin Lauzon,
the director of the Humanities College
Preparatory Institute at Hillcrest High,
meets with a student to address
attendance and behavior issues.
—Emile Wamsteker
After a period of top-down control under the mayor, the system is freeing schools to run their own affairs—and holding them accountable for results.
New York
David Weiner experienced something unexpected last year as a school principal: A district employee lost her job because a group of principals rated her performance unsatisfactory.
“It’s the first time in my career I’ve seen a person not return to her job because they weren’t supporting the schools,” said the principal of Public School 503 in Brooklyn.
Such experiences may become more common under New York City’s massive—and risky—experiment to turn the traditional education...
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