Today's Michael Winerip story / column on the
nice principal in Vermont forced to switch jobs to make the school eligible for turnaround funding is more than a bit misleading. First off, it suggests that the nation's failing schools are full of hard-working and effective principals like Joyce Irvine. This is unlikely to be the situation in many places - why focus on exceptional situations? Second, the story might easily lead readers to think Irvine was laid off, only later revealing she's in the district office -- a promotion, many
