The Education Wars II

Another lousy administrator steps down, but not without creating a lot of damage.

Ohanian comments on this:

Longtime Oakland teacher Jack Gerson points out: "Two years ago, Steve Barr and his Green Dot charter schools group engineered a hostile takeover of Locke High School, a large public high school in Los Angeles. Despite the opposition of United Teachers of Los Angeles and the LA Unified School District, Barr was able to convince a bare majority of Locke's permanent faculty (37 of 73) to opt for Green Dot."

Barr promptly dismissed the entire staff, forcing them to reapply for their jobs. Over 70 percent were not rehired.

We already know that this is the model Arne Duncan wants to see implemented nationwide. Now we wait to see if Barr will play a role. Hold on to your hats--and guard your children.

One shudders if this guy will have a influence on the Department of Education.