I am a [deleted] with
CPS and at the beginning of my career as a school administrator. … The day to day work that the district expects of me is not only so far off from
the training and experience I have to be a professional educator, but takes me
away from the basic mission to prepare our children to be educated to live in
and contribute to a democratic society.
We
must begin to ask for the evidence on the successes that the mayor, his CEO and
the many people she has brought from Detroit and Cleveland attained as
educators. What models of excellence are they following or creating and
where is the research to support these models? How do we ignore a history
of failed leadership from the CEO and zero track record of educational
excellence from the mayor? The paradigm is one of compliance and empty business
jargon. We work in a culture so cut-throat and anti-child that highly educated
professionals are forced to scramble to complete checklists and perform
data-entry rather than think, plan, and empower the children of the city.
Thank
you for speaking up. Things are more profoundly backwards than parents
realize and only truth will set us free. I admire your bravery.
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