Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The Yellow Tulips: Dysfunctional Public School System Continues to Drive Good Educators Away:

The Yellow Tulips: Dysfunctional Public School System Continues to Drive Good Educators Away:

Dysfunctional Public School System Continues to Drive Good Educators Away:

By , Published: The Washington Post, June 25, 2011




Bill Kerlina won a plum assignment when he was hired away from Montgomery County in July 2009 to become a principal in Northwest Washington. Phoebe Hearst Elementary was a small, high-performing school, right across the street from Sidwell Friends.
He grew to love its students, teachers and--for the most part--its parents. "If I could lift the school up and put it in a functional school system, it would be perfect," he said.


Instead, he said, the dysfunction he encountered in D.C. public schools led him to quit this month, fed up