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Friday, July 18, 2008
Is there a recipe for success?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Congress held a hearing about how to improve urban schools and Atlanta superintendent Beverly Hall was one of the speakers.
She spoke about what has happened in the district since she took over in 1999. Test scores may not be where everyone wants them, but they have steadily improved.
She listed five key things done by the district and community, including: replacing ineffective principals, providing teachers with better training and recruiting quality candidates to run for school board.
Much of what Hall mentioned seems like common sense, things many other school leaders would say. If lots of people know what it takes to improve schools, why are so few succeeding?
What do you think gets in the way of improving our schools?
