K12> Superintendents and Principals Talk About What's Needed to Fix Public Schools

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From: "Donna Martinez" <Dmartin336@xxxxxxx>
To: <K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:22:48 EST
Subject: Superintendents and Principals Talk About What's Needed to Fix Public 
Schools

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Public Agenda Alert -- Nov. 19, 2003
* New Research Study: Rolling Up Their Sleeves
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* New Research Study
Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Superintendents and Principals
Talk About What's Needed to Fix Public Schools

In "Rolling Up Their Sleeves," funded by The Wallace Foundation,
Public Agenda examines the attitudes of public school leaders
about their jobs and the challenges they face. We found school
leaders say their biggest headaches are funding and the time
it takes to comply with a blizzard of local, state and
federal mandates. Some 93 percent of superintendents and
88 percent of principals say their district has experienced
"an enormous increase in responsibilities and mandates without
getting the resources necessary to fulfill them." While unhappy
with some of the specifics of the federal No Child Left Behind
legislation, the vast majority of officials surveyed believe that
the era of testing and accountability is here to stay. But almost
nine in 10 call No Child Left Behind an "unfunded mandate," and
most say the law "will require many adjustments before it can work."
Interestingly, superintendents from large school districts are much
more likely to support the law's key components than their colleagues
from smaller school systems.

A summary of "Rolling Up Their Sleeves" may be found here:
http://www.publicagenda.org/specials/rollingup/rollingup.htm

Registered users of Public Agenda Online may download a free copy
of the full report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.



Donna Martinez
The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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