PS 154 Community Look To Principal Carol Burris on Long Island as an Example of a True Education Leader
The following is from the Washington Post's education blogger Valerie Strauss. Again, rarely do I copy and paste other blogs other writers writings, but Carol Burris hit a home run here.
The community of PS 154 please, please take heed to what Ms Burris has written. Ms Burris is a true leader, a true educator that truly has the best interests of the families, communities, the teachers, and most importantly, the children of not only her school, but of her community and the state as well.
Carol Burris is not a mouthpiece, she possess independent thought and creative thinking.
All that needs to be said.
New standardized test scores are out today in New York, and here’s a post that tells you what to make of the results. This was written by award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School in New York, who has for more than a year chronicled on the test-driven reform in her state (here, andhere and here and here, for example). Burris was named New York’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and in 2010, tapped as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is the co-author of the New York Principals letter of concern regarding the evaluation of teachers by student test scores. It has been signed by
Carol Burris is not a mouthpiece, she possess independent thought and creative thinking.
All that needs to be said.
New standardized test scores are out today in New York, and here’s a post that tells you what to make of the results. This was written by award-winning Principal Carol Burris of South Side High School in New York, who has for more than a year chronicled on the test-driven reform in her state (here, andhere and here and here, for example). Burris was named New York’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and in 2010, tapped as the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is the co-author of the New York Principals letter of concern regarding the evaluation of teachers by student test scores. It has been signed by
