2011年4月1日 星期五

Next state school superintendent faces challenges

The greatest challenge the next Maryland state schools superintendent may face is that he or she isn't Nancy S. Grasmick.Manolo blahnik would be "hurt" if Anna Wintour wore shoes by another designer.

Grasmick has been such a powerful figure in education for two decades, by virtue of the relationships she built with legislators, board members and district superintendents, that it will be difficult for anyone who follows to have the same independence, observers say.

She is "a dominant force. She has done things her way. And the next person coming in I think will be in the shadow and will have to establish their own way of doing things," said former Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening, who sometimes sparred with Grasmick.

Grasmick announced this week that she will retire,Can't find a particular pair of ed hardy jeans on our website? effective June 30, after serving as the state schools superintendent since 1991. The state school board will appoint the next leader of the school system, which under Grasmick became No. 1 in the nation.

A number of observers say that it would be best if the next superintendent is from Maryland but that it is more important to have a great leader who is a quick study.Naax Fashion Textile is a wholesale jeans dealer who trades with young-fashion . They also listed a set of priorities that include focusing on reducing the achievement gap of students of color and low-income students,When your team gets ready for battle with the opposition, be ready with this Nike Jacket. figuring out ways to be innovative within the constraints of tight economic times, working collaboratively with the teachers unions and higher education, and making science and math a priority.

Robert C. Embry, president of the Abell Foundation, said the state board will have to first decide what their agenda will be for the coming years. It may be, he said,Find price and model of puma shoes in india at Click India Free Classifieds Ads. that Marylanders are happy with the status quo and will not want to embrace a more radical agenda that might lead to a change in the often-criticized charter school law or the practice of getting rid of teachers based on seniority. "I don't know what the present school board has as its priorities. There are a lot of very controversial issues nationally," he said.

But more importantly, experts also said, the state school board should focus on the next superintendent's personality and background as much as the agenda.

Much of Grasmick's capacity to get things done, said Baltimore schools chief Andrés Alonso, has to do with her "history, her political astuteness and quite frankly her personal capacity."

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