Rudy Crew Discusses New Chancellor
Who's Qualified to Run New York City Schools?
Cathleen Black, named as the next chancellor, has no background in education. Does that matter?
More Than Managing 'Assets'
Rudy Crew served as chancellor of New York City Schools from 1995 to 1999 and superintendent of Miami-Dade County Schools from 2004 to 2008. He is a professor at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education and president of Global Partnership Schools.
We’re in danger of making the New York City public schools a plaything for the rich and famous. Perhaps the thinking is that directing schools is something you do when you’re finished doing your real job; an avocation that starts with a love of learning and warm remembrances of being in school yourself.
Unless Ms. Black can do more than manage the “assets,” she will have few followers among the ranks of principals and teachers..I do not ascribe bad motivations to Mayor Bloomberg or his new appointee, Cathie Black, but their thinking is flawed if they honestly believe running a large urban school district is solely a matter of managing time, money, and people. The production cycle of a third-grader learning the skills of reading
Cathleen Black, named as the next chancellor, has no background in education. Does that matter?
More Than Managing 'Assets'
Rudy Crew served as chancellor of New York City Schools from 1995 to 1999 and superintendent of Miami-Dade County Schools from 2004 to 2008. He is a professor at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education and president of Global Partnership Schools.
We’re in danger of making the New York City public schools a plaything for the rich and famous. Perhaps the thinking is that directing schools is something you do when you’re finished doing your real job; an avocation that starts with a love of learning and warm remembrances of being in school yourself.
Unless Ms. Black can do more than manage the “assets,” she will have few followers among the ranks of principals and teachers..I do not ascribe bad motivations to Mayor Bloomberg or his new appointee, Cathie Black, but their thinking is flawed if they honestly believe running a large urban school district is solely a matter of managing time, money, and people. The production cycle of a third-grader learning the skills of reading
