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Dysfunctional School District
Submitted by Keith Newman on Sat, 11/08/2008 - 11:13pm.
I hope you've all read the article linked here. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081108_District_struggling_with_...
The comments posted by readers were definitely interesting, but what is concerning is the school districts statement concerning why so many teaching positions are still open. Apparently they have so many applications they cannot process them in a timely bases. Thus over 100 classrooms are still without a permanent teacher. On average that means over 3000 children are not being served by the school district.
The School District is replete with bad managers who try and make teachers look bad. Their leadership style is based on condemnation and vilification. I had hoped it would change with Dr. Ackerman but apparently not.
Imagine a city where School District Leaders, Teachers, Parents, and Children were all sailing with the same wind at their backs instead of being in each other faces. I wish Philadelphia was that city.
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What's doubly painful
is that this year, major cities, New York, LA and Chicago opened up with ZERO teacher vacancies. It's inexcusable for Philly to have this many and make excuses.