It may well be that some principals are giving teachers higher marks than they deserve, and it is also likely that, given the substantial added burden shouldered by principals who may now have to observe dozens of teachers, their capacity to do so comprehensively is compromised.
In the most radical educational experiment in the country, students were allowed to apply anywhere they chose throughout the city, principals were given wide autonomy, and countless school buildings were renovated or rebuilt.
For decades, the custodial system has been rife with problems, but there was a much-heralded change in 1994, when principals were given the right to evaluate their custodians.
Their contracts specify a narrow range of tasks, they are relatively independent in approving expenses, and only in the last 10 years or so have principals been given the authority to evaluate them.
Ratmansky speculates: "Perhaps they just used the port de bras that were conventional – the ones everybody knew – or perhaps the principals were given the freedom to do what they wanted".
All principals were given district handouts on how to help students cope with crisis: Let students share their feelings.
Principals were given plaques; vice-principals and administrative staff were given certificates of appreciation.
Subsidy arm (information + subsidy)—Principals were given the same information as in the information arm, but, because purchasing inputs to reduce anaemia might be difficult with current school operating budgets (which are small and allow for little discretion), schools in this arm also received earmarked operating budget subsidies.
Karp kept on the beat and submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the Board of Education to find out who SUPES was using as coaches and what feedback principals were giving on the sessions.
If my principal was given the power to remove these kids, where would they go?
