Here are the three candidates for DeKalb school chief. No internal candidate.
Here are the three finalists for the DeKalb superintendent:
I just posted another blog on their backgrounds. Check it out here.
* Dr. Gloria Davis, Superintendent of Decatur (Illinois) Public Schools
* Arthur R. Culver, Superintendent of Champaign (Illinois) Community Unit School District #4
* Dr. Lillie Cox, Superintendent of Hickory (North Carolina) Public Schools
From the school system on Thursday’s public forum with the three candidates:
During the forum, each superintendent candidate will have 50 minutes to introduce themselves and answer 10 written questions from the public. Parents and members of the community are invited to submit written questions of the candidates. Questions from the public must be submitted at the forum prior to 5:30 p.m.
Parents and those in the community who cannot attend the forum can submit written questions on the DeKalb Schools website at www.dekalbsuperintendentsearch.com. The forum also will be broadcast live on Dekalb Schools’ PDS TV 24 cable access channel on Comcast.
After each candidate makes a presentation and answers questions, members of the public will be asked to fill out a form regarding each candidate. These forms will be collected and presented to the DeKalb County Board of Education for its consideration during the selection process.
The Board of Education is seeking a permanent superintendent for the DeKalb County School System. This is one of the Board’s most important responsibilities, and the Board is conducting a national search for a leader for DeKalb Schools.
The Board of Education is committed to making the Superintendent Search Process open and transparent, and its search will include multiple opportunities for public input and discussion. Members of the public are encouraged to participate in this important decision for our schools.
For more information and updates on the permanent superintendent search, please visit www.dekalbsuperintendentsearch.com.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
87 comments Add your comment
b4life
March 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
Thank God the three candidates are from outside the system. That’s a step in the right direction! Hopefully, the new person will clean house and relieve the bloat, cronyism and nepotism.
really?
March 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
All 3 candidates come from school systems that have a grand total of 2 high schools. I was unable to find enrollment numbers for Hickory, NC, but the two Illinois districts top out at 9,000 students each. Is that the level of experience we want for our district of 90,000 students?
JLM
March 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
I agree we need a candidate from the outside. However, there is still one problem – the board. The superintendent reports to the board.
say what?
March 29th, 2011
12:48 pm
We do not know what responsibilities each one had prior to taking the job of super for these small school sytems. Foe example, they could have been the assistant super of a mid to large district, but to advance their career options took a position of super of a small district to get more executive level experience.
I hope that people will attend the meetings and ask pertinent, general questions ( not just about what is happening at their school) in order to get the best information and best candidate.
Diversity?
March 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
Wow…who wants to bet odds the White woman from Hickory is the token?
WAR
March 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
this is a joke.
WAR
March 29th, 2011
12:51 pm
diversity
really, that should be a joke… except it is not funny.
WAR
March 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
a race issue is the last thing this county needs. i just want someone who is qualified to lead.
Teacher Reader
March 29th, 2011
12:57 pm
@ Reall? I was thinking the same thing. These districts are rural as well. However, they aren’t insiders, so that is a positive.
Nicole
March 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
It shouldn’t matter what size district they’re coming from, or even their race at this point. What DeKalb Schools needs is someone that can come in and CLEAN HOUSE. The school system is a mess, the morale is low, and we need to be built back up to where we were in the 90s. And yes, I am speaking as an employee. There are too many internal issues going on that need to be handled before we can start saying who fits right for what.
Leaving DeKalb (The New Clayton County)
March 29th, 2011
1:04 pm
Poor, new superintendent. Has to put up with idiots who sit on the board (all of them should fall in a dark hole to never be found again), run a school system in a county with NO money, and have elected officials in the county who are largely crooks and out for their wallets, relatives and friends. This county is stinking and I’m ready to move on.
Kellie Brownlow
March 29th, 2011
1:04 pm
Thank you for sharing. Since the interim Superintendent is obviously not transitioning into this position, do you know if she will keep the $75 k increase she received this year?
JT
March 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
Do you think it really matters who they actually choose? No matter who gets the job nothing is ever going to change. Dekalb County schools have been going down the wrong direction for years and nothing is going to bring them back. I was a product of Dekalb County public schools and ever since I began middle school in 1994, the school system has been getting worse every year.
The school board is full of a bunch of idiots who care nothing about the children, teachers or the neighborhoods. All they care about is screwing things up and asking for raises. It makes me so sad to see what use to be one of the top school districts in the state become the absolute worst.
I have a great idea on how Dekalb County School System could save a lot more money. Since they really don’t care about educating our children anyways, lets close down all the schools. This way Dekalb County can still collect all that tax revenue and we can give the board members huge salaries for doing absolutley nothing. They get paid to do nothing but screw up things right now. Lets stop their destructive behavior by closing all the schools. That’s the way to go. They don’t see education as a priority anyways.
Going Out on a Limb On This One
March 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
We know how things work around here. The black woman will get the job. Dispense with the window dressing due diligence and public forums.
D
March 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
Vegas line is giving 100 to 1 on the white lady from Hickory
Teacher, but NOT in Dekalb
March 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
So one of them is white?
Fedup
March 29th, 2011
1:09 pm
Wow, those three didn’t do their homework well enough to research DeKalb County….of course, the two Illinois districts are horrible and this may be a weather decision on their parts…….oh, and a probable HUGE increase in pay……
say what?
March 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
@Kellie the interim will keep the ENTIRE salary for 1-2 years. Yep, DCSS will be paying for 2 superintendents, 1 full time permanent, and 1 consulting super.
Get Out
March 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
I have a solution for everyone who has children in the Dekalb County School System. GET OUT! MOVE AWAY NOW! That’s exactly what I’m doing. Why keep raising children in a county where education is diminishing every year. Have your tax dollars really work for you and move to a better county. Quit wasting your time and sanity in Dekalb County. The schools are a joke and as parents you need to step up and put your children in better schools. GET OUT and do it NOW.
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
Well…I see that the finalists have been revealed. I know nothing about these people. But, I think that the Monster of DeKalb County will swallow them whole. Like Jonah of old, they will be fortunate to be spit up upon the metaphorical beach one day. I know that Hickory is a wealthy community in North Carolina. I know that Illinois is up North. There will be the usual honeymoon period and the effusive butt-kissing ritual — everyone’s trying to impress the new supe, hoping to move up the corporate ladder. He or she will eventually bring in his or her own educational thugs to keep all of the “dumb Southerners” (I say this facetiously) in line. J. Jerome Harris and Beverly Hall of New York did the same thing in Atlanta. It’s just the way that they do it.
But, let’s ask the new superintendent to investigate the egregious wrong-doings of the Office of Internal Resolutions.
The new superintendent should first of all do something about the callous way that the Office of Internal Resolutions (OIR) treats the DeKalb County teachers and other employees. You guys know that I have mentioned how State Senator Ronald Ramsey, who heads up OIR [when he is there], shut down a grievance hearing right before it was launched in the Spring of 2009. I was representing the teacher who was about to testify about systematic cheating at Clarkston High School. He had teacher-witnesses to call. (This was before the cheating scandal brought out in the traditional media, though MACE had been picketing in front of the Central Office and in front of Clarkston High School with signs asking, “Systematic Cheating?” and “Systematic Cheating At Clarkston?” This was also before Crawford Lewis was whisked out of the Central Office by police officers and was later indicted.) Perhaps now Ramsey and Lewis can see that it would have been wiser to adhere to the State Law which says that teachers “have a right to be heard, to present relevant evidence, and to examine witnesses at each level.” You see, Ron, as a State Senator, I presume that you were sworn to uphold the law. You help make the laws but don’t want to abide by them? Hmm. How hypocritical.
Oh yes, Ron and I engaged in a heated verbal exchange when he unilaterally and illegally shut down this grievance hearing. Before I know it, Robin Goolsby, Ronald Ramsey’s assistant, had her two hands in my chest pushing me out of the building. All kinds of witnesses were watching. I stopped in the hallway and pointed out to the onlookers what was happening. Beside the teacher and Mr. Norreese Haynes accompanying me, there were many other on-lookers in the hallway.
The next week, I get a stupid letter from that joke of an attorney, Josie Alexander, trying to threaten MACE about “illegal” pickets. (Ha! What a joke! Trust me…we kept picketing — even with the TV cameras filming. Several days in a row…even during torrential downpours of rain! What law school did Josie Alexander go to? Did she learn anything about the First Amendment in law school?). This same lawyer (for Crawford Lewis, I presume) also told me that I was “banned.” Well, now, Josie, do I look like I am banned? Now if I am truly “banned,” then I presume that I can sue your Interim Superintendent and/or the New Superintendent as well as school board members personally, and Ronald Ramsey in pro se action. But, first comes the sworn testimonies in Federal Depositions. Ahhh, the depositions. They are so much fun and so enlightening.
I look forward to a new day in DeKalb. I hope the mess can be cleaned up — especially the mess in OIR. “Resolutions”? OIR tries to “resolve” nearly everything in favor of the powerful. Maybe this is why they don’t like MACE. MACE is about empowering classroom educators, not the abusive and self-absorbed administrators. (c) MACE, March 29, 2011.
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
For the record, I am not the “JT” above. I am sure that there are many “JTs” in the world. I post under my name. Ha!
Seymore Skinner
March 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
Fedup
oh, and a probable HUGE increase in pay……
Ding ding ding……..you nailed it Fed
Dunwoody Mom
March 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
We know Trotter – you posted that already in another thread. Still promoting yourself I see.
Sam of Georgia
March 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
Most of these comments are of no value what so ever. Why not put forth questions to ask the potential appointees regarding thier skills or objectives or plans for the system. I know, that would require some real thinking which may lead to a productive exchange of ideas.
almh
March 29th, 2011
1:23 pm
If you don’t have Comcast you can watch it online http://www.ecstreams.com/dekalbschools/dekalbschoolslive.asx
Miss Priss!
March 29th, 2011
1:24 pm
Dunwoody Mom … sweetie … I don’t think you’re getting to Dr. Trotter. Know what I mean? He’ll fire back here in a few minutes with something pretty darn good that always wipes your makeup off.
On the other hand, when you’re not bitter or snarky, your other posts are really good. But most of the time, sugar, you’re promoting yourself, too, and it’s not that interesting.
Whatever
March 29th, 2011
1:27 pm
AMEN Sam of GA!!
catlady
March 29th, 2011
1:30 pm
Bios, please!
Dunwoody Mom
March 29th, 2011
1:33 pm
@catlady, the pictures and bios are supposed to up on the DCSS website later today.
RJ's WIFE
March 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
LORD…who ever is chosen for that position please lead & guide them to do the right job that will benefit the children because they are the FUTURE
observer
March 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
There is one common thread between Clayton Co. Schools, which lost accrediion and the Atl. and Dekalb school systems which are in danger of losing their accredition. Who can guess what it is?
DCSS Student
March 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Being qualified to oversee a small school system with 2 high schools in a white community is a long way from being qualified to take on one the size and complexity of a school system like DeKalb. Apparently qualification was not on the DeKalb list of importance. Whice one gets the job will not be here very long and then we can play this game again.
Watching
March 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
To add to Really’s concern………….Hickory, N.C. has about 10,000 students; why no candidates with “big league” experience?
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
@ Dunwoody Mom: You’re right. I posted most of that piece on an earlier thread before the announcement of the finalists. But, damn, it was such a good post that I felt compelled to share it with those who perchance might have missed this illuminating post! Ha! Like T. O., I love me some me! Whew!!!
Tammy
March 29th, 2011
1:58 pm
I wish they had named some candidates with a hyphenated double last name. That is more klassy for they chirrens.
No thanks
March 29th, 2011
2:07 pm
Yes, but what about their skills with erasers?
They can just do like Atlanta or Washington DC and bring overnight “miraculous” testing improvements to the fatherless, low-IQ students in the Dekalb School system.
The three finalists for DeKalb County school superintendent will be introduced on Thursday, March 31 – The Aha! Connection
March 29th, 2011
2:11 pm
[...] http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2011/03/29/here-are-the-three-candidates-for-dekalb-school-ch... If you liked this, please spread the word: [...]
Seamus O'brian
March 29th, 2011
2:13 pm
This looks like oboma appointing czars
Sick a Tired
March 29th, 2011
2:19 pm
We had someone from outside the system that was good and instructional based. Ofcourse that was too intimidating for our board. It limited relative hires. You do not get a difference until you vote a difference. Sorry to say the member that replaced Ms. Roberts do not have a clue.
Jo
March 29th, 2011
2:25 pm
So. Let me be clear. Only those people who attend, in person, the hastily called Thursday night “public forum” will have their comments considered by the BOE? What about people who, for whatever reason, watch the entire “goat rodeo” on television? This is a lawsuit waiting to happen! It is NOT okay to give credence to comments by citizens simply because they could attend this meeting — but not allow other citizens — whether they watch or not — to make their comments to the BOE and have them duly considered. I repeat: This is a lawsuit waiting to happen!
Dr NO
March 29th, 2011
2:27 pm
Diversity?
March 29th, 2011
12:50 pm
The white chick has already been black-balled.
Tucker
March 29th, 2011
2:35 pm
Ramona Tyson should stay on the job.
Hahahaha
March 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
@Tammy, you are so right sister! Regardless of who they pick (hyphenated name or not) They will be Too Blessed To Be Stressed! It’s hard NOT to comment on a freak show, yafeelme?
Josh
March 29th, 2011
2:40 pm
After a ‘Nation Wide’ search…DeKalb BOE decides to hire another Black school cheif….I have always wondered how these nation wide searches always result in a Black being hired no matter how unqualified they are…in what nation are they looking?
DCSS sucks
March 29th, 2011
2:48 pm
Ramona Tyson needs to be fired.
feduptaxpayer
March 29th, 2011
2:54 pm
Someone get on Ancestry.com and figure out which of the Illinois candidates is related to a board member.
tim
March 29th, 2011
2:58 pm
Is that embarrassing racist clown Lowery going to inject himself into this too. He thinks he’s J Jackson and A Sharpton combined.
Seymore Skinner
March 29th, 2011
3:04 pm
I believe the WHO said it best
“Meet the new boss………same as the old boss”
Dr NO
March 29th, 2011
3:11 pm
“Is that embarrassing racist clown Lowery going to inject himself into this too.”
Lets hope so. Useless lowery would be good for a laugh and nothing more.
Write Your Board Members
March 29th, 2011
3:18 pm
Everyone, you can write your board members and share your concerns. Jo, DeKalb is giving far more opportunity for public comment than most systems do.
Bill & Ed's Excellent Adventure
March 29th, 2011
3:27 pm
I see no opportunity on the DCSS web site to submit questions, only instructions on how you’ll need to be there by 5:30 pm to submit your questions, and then spend the next 4 hours hoping one of the candidates will answer…
George
March 29th, 2011
3:31 pm
Please let it be about the children you people are already starting up.No one has been hire.Please give someone a chance black,white ,green or yellow to much mess enough already.
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
3:37 pm
My last rather lengthy post was blocked by the Filter Monster. Any reason why?
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
4:07 pm
I must have stepped on some toes…but that’s so unlike me, right? Ha! Actually, I threw out a few kudos in this post that was hijacked. The publisher didn’t think that it fit my public shtick?
joe in tucker
March 29th, 2011
4:08 pm
the school board doesn’t want a take charge competent type person but rather someone that they can control and continue their inefficient and reckless ways…. nothing going to change until the school board is replaced.
FSU needs something else to do with its time...
March 29th, 2011
4:09 pm
The two from Chicago are to satisfy the Obama mindless voters….
Dr. John Trotter
March 29th, 2011
4:11 pm
Let’s just be honest…The white lady was thrown in there just to make it look good. It’s always good to show “diversity.” Now, I think that the school board member must have told the “search” committee who to deliver to them. Surely Arthur Culver and Gloria Davis are not the best two candidates (nationwide) available. Let’s just keep it real… Something in the milk ain’t clean.
Maureen Downey
March 29th, 2011
4:12 pm
@Dr. Trotter, Nothing of yours in the filter. Just freed one long comment that was probably held for length.
Maureen
Maureen Downey
March 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
To all, If I were one of these three finalists and read these comments, I would be unpacking my bags and canceling my trip to DeKalb this week. While I am surprised at the lack of large urban system experience among the trio, I do think people have capacities beyond what their resumes might indicate.
So, I will wait and hear them Thursday.
Maureen
Dunwoody Mom
March 29th, 2011
4:25 pm
Bravo, Maureen…
AT
March 29th, 2011
4:53 pm
@Maureen – You act surprised at the comments. I’m sure you have figured out the formula for page hits on the AJC blogs by now to attract the internet warrior bigots of this state. Post a story about the big bad city or throw in a black person and you get several pages of comments in no time!
Hickory - very stupid place
March 29th, 2011
4:55 pm
it doesn’t start with “hick” for nothing. one of the stupidest towns in the country:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/03/the-10-least-brainy-citie_n_791233.html#s197288&title=Hickory_North_Carolina
Ramzad
March 29th, 2011
5:32 pm
We could ask God to send in Moses to lead the DeKalb school system bondage, but it will not mean a thing until that corrupt school board is blotted out and its dust swept away.
Ramzad
March 29th, 2011
5:41 pm
@FSU………you could not resist your chance to swipe at Obama. I love it when you are so hateful.
It tells me how weak and scared you are.
A Conservative Voice
March 29th, 2011
5:42 pm
@observer
March 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
There is one common thread between Clayton Co. Schools, which lost accrediion and the Atl. and Dekalb school systems which are in danger of losing their accredition. Who can guess what it is?
observer – Everyone knows; however, you can’t post things like that on this blog
@Maureen Downey
March 29th, 2011
4:14 pm
To all, If I were one of these three finalists and read these comments, I would be unpacking my bags and canceling my trip to DeKalb this week.
Maureen, if they were smart and had any sense at all, they never would have put their names in for consideration and we all know that the winner has already been selected. The forum is just a show to satisfy the legal requirements. We also know the winning candidate is not that “nice white lady”.
feduptaxpayer
March 29th, 2011
5:43 pm
@Ramzad: You are correct. I voted, but several of the bad apples got reelected. The whole design has to change. The school board should have fewer members, therefore larger districts. They also should not be able to make money decisions. Leave that to the Commissioners. Obviously the board’s access to our millage rates and ridiculous employment contracts like Lewis’s prove they can’t handle our money responsibly.
Erin
March 29th, 2011
6:08 pm
Whoever it is, not to sound racist or sexist, but I hope it is a white male. Heck ,anybody white. I say that and I am an African American!
Sammy M
March 29th, 2011
6:09 pm
Are the’new’school superintindents white? Why don’t we have a change to see if things get better. No more democrats or Blacks so we can see if things get better or worst.
All we had in the past were Black democrats…….Hey i’m black myself…
Long timer
March 29th, 2011
6:48 pm
It’s the Board that’s the problem. Too many hanger-ons
Intown Dweller
March 29th, 2011
6:51 pm
If you are looking for a superintendent who has experience with a large “urban” district and has tons of awards, I hear Dr. Hall is up for grabs come June! We’d send her sooner if you’d like!
Cynthia McKinney Parkway ?
March 29th, 2011
7:14 pm
`
Dekalb County has serious problems.
Ed Johnson
March 29th, 2011
7:14 pm
A possible good sign: None seems connected with The Broad Foundation.
Another possible good sign: It seems “the White woman from Hickory” (see @Diversity?, at 12:50 pm) has Organizational Development in her background.
Rhee fan
March 29th, 2011
8:41 pm
What? No Michelle Rhee??
Maureen Downey
March 29th, 2011
9:30 pm
@At, Actually, the quickest way to get page views is to write about sports.
Maureen
Moon Super
March 29th, 2011
9:30 pm
Dekalb County is pulling an old play from its playbook. It goes like this:
Double (or almost double) an employee’s salary and Dekalb owns your soul right or wrong!–That is what they do with principals.
In this case, give a superintendent ( who ran a district of 10 000 students ) 90 000 students! Brilliant!
Overnight, these guys are going to get more “employees” than they had students!
M
March 30th, 2011
12:40 am
I think parents in South DeKalb and Nroth DeKalb both can agree that we are happy there is not an internal selection for the superintendent position. However, it is going to take a number of years to see any progress toward improvement even with the best leader. The old board hands and the high paid administrators will fight the new sup’s every action. That means continued years of wasted educational time for our children. The best thing that many can do, especially if the system has failed your child is to explore “School Choice”. Charter Schools and now virtual schools. Look at the new virtual school at Connections Academy beginning 2011-2012 school year. The link http://co102w.col102.mail.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
South DeKalb parents need to start talking to each other in a proactive way to duplicate the respect received by North DeKalb parents from the school system. Virtual School choice also receives each childs share of funds that is the great part.
M
March 30th, 2011
12:50 am
Oops, I forgot to mention that we should not get our hopes up yet. It is very possible that the old players are using the strategy of making the three selections so they can say they don’t have the experience working with a large system therefore, they should select the interim Missy. They gave her that large raise for a reason other than stated reason. Definitely not because it is commeasurable with other supers in the area. Most other supers have Ph.d degree, she doesn’t. More importantly, whatever happen with doing more for less? See you at the meeting….
DTown observer
March 30th, 2011
11:15 am
I’m sure that if you check Dr. Gloria Davis’ published income, becoming your Super would not be a big pay raise.
DeKalb Educated
March 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
It is rather sad that we mistrust our BOE in DeKalb that we all expect some “underhanded” mission in the selection of the “top three” applicants. I hope that no one is correct but it is hard based upon past self-serving behavior that you may all be correct. You would think there would be someone out there who has 4-5 years of classroom experience, 4-5 years of admin exerience at the school level (principal) and 4-5 year of county/system management experience along with a degree from a fine (brick and mortar) university, is well repected by their peers, parents and other professionals in the system. I do not know of anyone in DeKalb’s current central office staff that matches that criteria and I think it is rather basic. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that all three candidates come across as well-spoken, intelligent, visionaries for public school education and one of them will be selected regardless of race and free from corruption (then you can all call me Pollyanna). Here’s to hope.
Dani Girl
March 30th, 2011
6:31 pm
Dr. John Trotter is the head of a MILITANT UNION that often defends incompetent teachers. For him to criticize administrators is much like the pot calling the kettle black! MACE, the Union he represents, is an embarrassment to Georgia education and educators. I suspect some administrator will take them on for slander at some point. I hope so.
MJM
March 30th, 2011
8:32 pm
If the Decatur IL. lady is chosen good news for this city. She is over paid, brought all of her incompetent croney’s with her and over paid them. Shehas run the district almost bankrupt and took all of the credit for anything good whether or not she had a thing to do with it. She then blamed the teachers for most all of the districts problems. Check her record I believe she has one agenda and that is to receive a reitrement check from three states!
Dr. John Trotter
March 30th, 2011
10:08 pm
Hey Dani Girl: Why don’t you try to take on MACE? It appears that you are probably an administrator whom MACE has rattled. MACE has gotten under your skin, right? Ha! The absolute defense against slander or libel is the truth. Sorry, Dani, but this is the law.
Dr. John Trotter
March 30th, 2011
10:10 pm
Oh yeah, Dani Girl, MACE defends good teachers against bad administrators. Are you one of those bad administrators. In fact, MACE devours administrators who abuse teachers.
Dr. John Trotter
March 30th, 2011
10:12 pm
@ Dani Girl: I left off a question mark. Let me repeat the question: Are you one of those bad administrators?
BB
March 31st, 2011
1:58 pm
Gloria Davis is absouletly wonderful-she is the next best thing to sliced bread. I am sure Georgia will absolutely love her. She has personality plus and only cares about “her babies” (that is what she calls the students). Glo is all about teaching and learning, every child every day. Dodge City, Kansas loss was totally our gain. Oh how we will hate to see her go-she is nothing but wonderful. I believe that citizens of Dodge City felt the same way they also gave her glowing remarks-thats how it works-everybody says shes wonderful and then she moves on down the road!
Dani Girl
March 31st, 2011
6:29 pm
Dr. Trotter, I am one of those “bad” ex-teachers. I presume you will admit that some teachers are “bad.” However, if one of them pays you a sum to join MACE, I hear that you will defend them against those “bad old” administrators no matter that they cannot teach. It is quite well understood across Georgia (and elsewhere) that MACE is an EMBARRASSMENT to the education profession. You do defend incompetent teachers. The only thing that MACE devours is its reputation and the innocent kids who you allow to go unprotected due to incompetent or less-than-desirable adults.
Ramzad
April 2nd, 2011
5:54 pm
I would be careful not to make too much of the black male’s attrition rate at KIPP. The national prospects for black male academic and life success and the societal challenges posed by the bleak developmental profile of black male is s subject for immediate national discussion.
KIPP teachers and administrators are not magicians. The only place the adoloscent black male is not dropping out of is the
“client” end of the criminal justice system. It is downright foolhardy to suppose that KIPP has a special formulae to keep black males in school.