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Reports raise concerns about stability of principal corps in Philly schools

by Samantha Byles on Apr 20 2012 Posted in Latest news

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With the District rethinking the role of autonomy in curriculum, ACTION United and Education Voters of Pennsylvania released separate reports this week on principal turnover and principal leadership.

ACTION United’s report “Revolving Doors: Findings from Philadelphia’s Highest-Poverty Schools” is the first in a series of reports concerning the turnover of teachers and principals in high-poverty schools.

ACTION United looked at 236 District-run schools for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years and concluded that the highest-poverty schools in the District are also the ones with the highest principal-turnover rate. In 2010, ACTION Unitedreleased a report on teacher turnover that found that high-poverty schools tended to have teachers with fewer years of experience.

Education Voters took a more qualitative stance in its report, “Principles for