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District Flunked Test On Evaluating School Principals - Petrilli Trial Revealed Weakness, Richard E. Day
District Flunked Test On Evaluating School Principals - Petrilli Trial Revealed Weakness, Richard E. Day
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A surprising revelation from Peggy Petrilli's unsuccessful racial discrimination suit against Fayette County Superintendent Stu Silberman was that principals rarely - if ever - get marked down on their evaluations. A Herald-Leader editorial was correct to say, "the district must do a better job of evaluating employees. ... employees who aren't accurately graded can't really be expected to improve." Given his considerable talents, it must have been difficult for the editorial board to pen comments critical of Silberman, although they softened it as much as they could.
Cancellations Tough To Call, Even For The Best School Chiefs - Silberman Retains Credibility By Not Trying To Snow Anyone, Richard E. Day
Cancellations Tough To Call, Even For The Best School Chiefs - Silberman Retains Credibility By Not Trying To Snow Anyone, Richard E. Day
Curriculum and Instruction Faculty and Staff Scholarship
The best school superintendents spend their waking hours communicating and driving district personnel to increase student achievement. They want high attendance, not low attendance. They want more school days, not fewer. They want to have school. The hardest decisions a school superintendent has to make are those that go beyond his control, such as deciding whether to call off school when bad weather threatens.
Keep An Eye On Northern, Richard E. Day
Keep An Eye On Northern, Richard E. Day
Curriculum and Instruction Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Will Fayette County schools Superintendent Stu Silberman achieve his goal to make the academy one of the highest-achieving schools in the state without changing its demographics? In January, Silberman told parents that much of their children's low-test-score problem could be attributed to the principals and their ability to motivate their staffs. He said principals -- one at a high-scoring school and one at a low-scoring school -- could be switched, and that the scores would flip-flop in two years. He subsequently selected Principal Peggy Petrilli to lead the new academy.