Officials for major school systems — including Chicago and Seattle — report that most classrooms no longer have them.
You also cite two major school systems, not known for high academic performance, that would receive positive ratings by using Edison's methodology.
The foundation in the past year has collaborated with local teachers unions on reshaping teacher pay and evaluation in several major school systems.
Most of the major school systems in the region — including the District; Montgomery, Prince George's, Howard and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland and Arlingtonn, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Spotsylvania counties and the cities of Alexandria, Manassas and Manassas Park in Virginia — had announced by early evening that they would be closed Monday because of the weather.
American educator who, as Chicago's superintendent of schools, became the first woman to achieve that administrative status in a major American school system.
The newest superintendent of schools, Joe L. Farmer, agreed that the local public schools have "gone through many transitions" but said that was not unusual for a major city school system.
Ella Flagg Young, née Ella Flagg (born Jan . 15 , 1845Buffalo, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 26, 1918, Washington, D.C ., American educator who, as Chicago's superintendent of schools, became the first woman to achieve that administrative status in a major American school system.
This is not mere arrogance; it is the same cocooned "white ghetto" narrow-mindedness that allows someone like Michael Hicks to be in charge of a major American school system yet not know "Rosa Clark's" correct name.
Ella Flagg Young, née Ella Flagg, (born Jan . 15 , 1845Buffalo, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 26, 1918, Washington, D.C ., American educator who, as Chicago's superintendent of schools, became the first woman to achieve that administrative status in a major American school system.
