The real meaning of ‘accountability’ and ‘trust’ in education
This is an abridged version of a speech that Michael J. Feuer, dean of George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, recently gave at a conference in Jerusalem about trust and accountability in education.
By Michael Feuer
The topic of this conference brings back fond memories of my undergraduate years at Queens College (CUNY), where lessons of accountability and trust were a central part of the informal curriculum. The president when I was there, 1969-1973, was a remarkable young man named Joseph Murphy. Joe had come to Queens after writing his PhD under Herbert Marcuse at Brandeis University, drafting speeches for the Kennedys, and directing the Peace Corps in Ethiopia – all by the time he was 38. The name Murphy sounds Irish, but there was more to
One district’s tough road toward equity for all kids
This was written by Melissa Krull, the former superintendent of schools in Eden Prairie, Minnesota,who now teaches for Minnesota State University, Mankato, and provides coaching on equity in education.
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