Bronx HS Learning Environment Surveys – do they tell us anything?
Very little. But a few things.
There are now on the New Action website Bronx high school teacher responses to questions about howtrustworthy, competent, supportive, and collaborative our principals are. Just looking at them, three things stand out:
1. Raw scores. Some principals consistently hit very high, some high, some are very low, and some low. It could be argued that these are just the measure of how likable a principal is, but I would argue otherwise. OTOH, I would not use these numbers to distinguish between an 8.1 and a 7.7 principal – obviously the scale is somewhat personal and somewhat school-based.
Consistently at the top: Gary Eisinger, Bronx Academy HS (being closed!); Rex Bobbish, the Cinema School; Nancy Mann, Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom HS; Anthony Harris, Crotona Academy HS; Maria Herrera,
