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Smarmie Doofus

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2. I know someone who worked in the building.

Reply to xxqqqzme (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 8, 2012, 10:00 PM

Jul 2012

The principal is of a particular variety, that is heavily favored by the corporate NYC ed "reform" bureaucracy these days: 30 yrs old, mba-type, no ( or next to no) teaching experience.

Bloomberg and Co encourage this sort of thing. It's an actual policy. They want principals to be "managers" ... in the corporate mold. Autonomous, data-obsessed, anti-teacher, anti-student, anti-parent.

Autocratic. Answerable only to the next creature up the corporate food chain.

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Sorry. There is no way someone like THIS should be in front of a classroom [View all] Smarmie Doofus Jul 2012 OP

"...He was denied tenure, and xxqqqzme Jul 2012 #1

I know someone who worked in the building. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2012 #2

So far this header is kicking my "pro-teacher" header's ass. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2012 #3

you have to be prepared to die if you do this. I know from personal roguevalley Jul 2012 #4

I taught elementary school for 30 years. livvy Jul 2012 #5

You are so right proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #6

I agree... livvy Jul 2012 #8

Here's a blog about him. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #7