Chicago, N.Y.C., And Public School Leadership
Education advocates in Chicago are paying close attention to the events unfolding in New York. For Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education, Black's appointment takes the business model for education leadership to an "absurd length."
"We think it's an unfortunate set of events, where an educator is not going to be required to be in that position," Jackson Potter, staff coordinator of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), told Progress Illinois.
With Daley leaving office next spring and CPS chief Ron Huberman already out the door, there's a sense that the present political moment may provide an opportunity to shift CPS away from the CEO model that Daley and New York administrators have preferred in recent years. CTU is already on record as wanting an educator to take the reins at the school district after the mayoral election. (The interim CEO, Terry Mazany, has a background in school administration, and has said he'll move on once the next mayor has transitioned into office).
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