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Another Blow To D.C. Schools
[FINAL Edition]
| Publication : | The Washington Post- Washington, D.C. |
| Author : | Patricia McGuire |
| Date : | May 18, 2000 |
| Abstract (Document Summary) |
| This Sunday D.C. School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman is to receive an honorary degree and address the graduates at Trinity College's commencement ceremony. Our original intention was to honor this fine school leader for her achievements on behalf of children in the District--and that's still our intention. But, sadly, the occasion is now a farewell, a too-familiar denouement for yet another bright star dimmed by the toxic smog of D.C. politics. Ackerman's departure leaves a gaping hole in Washington's tortured strategy for an educational renaissance. Early in her tenure as superintendent, Ackerman told a Post reporter, "In this city, if you could walk on water, you wouldn't get credit for it. They would say, 'Arlene Ackerman can't swim.' " But Arlene Ackerman knew how to swim quite well, plunging directly into the troubled whirlpool of teaching and learning in the District. I had many occasions to see her in action in meetings in which she laid out her educational philosophy and action plan; she knew exactly what needed to be done to improve student learning and teacher performance, and she did not flinch from the hard and unpopular actions necessary to get there. hide... | | This Sunday D.C. School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman is to receive an honorary degree and address the graduates at Trinity College's commencement ceremony. Our original intention was to honor this fine school leader for her achievements on behalf of children in the District--and that's still our intention. But, sadly, the occasion is more... |
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