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February 13, 2006
School board recognition run amok?
Strange story from the Washington Post here, and flagged (er, flogged) by Eduwonk. Our favorite section:
Thus, there is a School Board Recognition Month offensive, which, depending on the jurisdiction, can get intense.
In Loudoun County [Virginia], every year a group of elementary school students serenades board members with a musical performance and gives them gifts that they created. (On Tuesday night, students from Sanders Corner Elementary in Ashburn will have the honors at the board's meeting.) In Fairfax County, Superintendent Jack D. Dale gave a small speech praising board members at a recent meeting, and they were scheduled to receive certificates at a work session planned for today.
Now that IS "intense," eh? A musical performance, gifts from elementary school students, and a small speech. Thank you, Washington Post, for exposing such truths. Another favorite line from the Post piece: "Typically without advanced degrees in education, school board members are charged with settling a jurisdiction's most contentious issues." Say it isn't so! Then again, as author and American School Board Journal contributor Frederick Hess explains, education schools really are not what they used to be.
Posted February 13, 2006 3:13 PM |
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