Etc., Etc.

I came across this link from the Reno News and Review of an interview with new WCSD superintendent Pedro Martinez.

He knows enough to not say anything that may give the game away about what he may really do to the district:

I study education in grad school so I talk to a lot of teachers on a regular basis, and I hear a lot about this tension between teachers in the classroom and the administration that makes many of the choices that impact what teachers do. How do you plan to minimize this tension?

There’s no magic bullet in education. I’ve been doing public education for 10 years. The lessons I’ve learned are good teachers, good principals, good supportive environment for teachers, are what’s important. At the end of the day, not being a teacher has made me a great listener. I see myself in a support role. Central offices have a tendency to put on programs and we become very shut down. The problem solving has to happen at a school level. We need to make sure we put support resources for teachers.

In short, business as usual.