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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers:


CPS privatizes its training of principals as test pushers

Yesterday, as local parent groups at 37 schools, gathered signatures on petitions calling for more limited assessment tests, CPS announced that new principals are going to trained by private companies, basically as test pushers.

The board has handed out lucrative contracts to politically-connected New Leaders for New Schools and Teach