Just pick one schools chief with education experience, says Chicago principals union boss
Friday, November 26th 2010, 4:00 AM
Chicago principals have a tip for New York: Pick one schools chancellor with education experience.
As state Education Commissioner David Steiner mulls whether to allow magazine executive Cathie Black to manage city schools with the help of a seasoned educator, Chicago principals who have a similar arrangement are advising against it.
"It's very difficult to have two people with such vastly different backgrounds and responsibilities [lead schools together]," Clarice Berry, president of Chicago's principals union, told the Daily News.
"We haven't had a superintendent in 10 years and we've found that it has been a mistake," Berry added.
"There's been no huge improvement in Chicago. It's not been the magic bullet people thought it would be," she said.
Chicago has an educator and manager share responsibility of the school system, a plan Steiner has suggested he favors for city schools. An advisory panel recommended this
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