Opinion: 9 North Texas superintendent resignations equals 9 opportunities for public school innovation | Ben Mackey
1:35 AM on Jan 30, 2022 CST
It’s an understatement to say that these last few years have been hard for educators. Whether teachers, principals, support staff or superintendents, the trend is the same: an increasing number of vacancies and a decreasing number of people who want to fill them. Increasing partisanship and a race to political extremes have begun to tear at the fabric of the education system — a foundational pillar of our democracy — and put increasing pressure and stress on educators.
The districts that new superintendents will inherit have been resilient in the face of this pandemic. Educators have innovated like never before over these last two years, flipping classrooms online at a moment’s notice, finding ways to provide more individualized support for students and families, and experimenting with new school calendars that have the potential to benefit students and their families long term.
for reading and math. While major strides have been made in Dallas and the surrounding area, we still have a long way to go before every student in our region has access to an excellent education. 1. Adopt meaningful student outcome goals that showcase what the board, and community, expect their superintendent to achieve.
If communities and school boards come together to be clear about their hopes and values for the future of their respective districts, it will create more trust and stability for incoming superintendents who have a monumental, but critical task ahead of them.
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