During academic year 2018-2019, she had responsibility for middle schools and high schools. Given that new associate superintendent LaShawn Ray, who now has oversight duties for middle schools, is trained in much the same way as his fellow associate superintendents, with very slight academic credentials that indicate no expertise in any subject area at the core of MPS student schedules, his continuance of Steinbach-Huther’s failure is highly probable.
Consider the formal description of associate superintendent responsibilities at the Minneapolis Public Schools:
The associate superintendent is responsible for
creating and modeling a culture of high expectations and providing ongoing
support and oversight to school building leaders. The associate superintendent
works with school communities to create the necessary conditions that result in
dramatic and accelerated student achievement, closing the achievement gap and
improving overall school performance.
This statement of associate superintendent responsibilities is just so much verbiage, of the kind that pervades all major documents pertinent to academics and that fills so many meetings at the district.
Three questions arise once more, as follows:
Are these ineffective academic decision-makers and actors
1) woefully ignorant;
2) in severe denial;
3) or morally corrupt?
LaShawn Ray is one of those who roam the halls at the Davis Center (MPS central offices, 1250 West Broadway) who fail to deliver a knowledge-intensive, skill-replete education to the students who are his sacred responsibility.
A review of the schools for which Ray now assumes duties previously ill-performed by Steinbach-Huther reveals multiple years of failure and no meaningful bright spots over the course of academic years 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 under the program of our non-academician of a superintendent, Ed Graff.
Please now investigate the six-year student proficiency rates at MPS middle schools:
Associate Superintendent
LaShawn Ray--- Schools of
Responsibility
Anthony Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Anthony Middle School Principal
>>>>> Mai
Chang Vue
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
61% 61% 60% 60% 60%
56%
(726) (580) (603) (638)
(718) (753)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
63% 61% 64% 61% 65%
60%
(733) (580) (603) (638)
(718) (736)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
60% 56% 54% 49% 50%
44%
(320) (188)
(173)
(193) (232)
(243)
Anwatin Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Anwatin Middle School Principal
>>>>> Ellen
Shuman
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
32% 33% 24% 26% 32%
37%
(568) (563)
(544) (515) (524) (473)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
28% 27% 24% 28% 30%
34%
(567) (532)
(544) (510) (514) (492)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
12% 29% 17% 8% 12%
16%
(194) (157) (170)
(161) (146) (257)
Field Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
2014 2015
2016 2017 2018
2019
Math 77%
79% 77% 76% 76% 75%
(500)
(501) (501)
(513) (497) (500)
Reading 77%
77% 73% 75%
76% 76%
(506) (503)
(508) (512) (497)
(501)
Science 75%
78% 62% 69%
72% 63%
(262) (254)
(246) (260) (230)
(250)
Franklin Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Franklin Middle School Principal
>>>>> Karen
Cunningham
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
----- ----- 8% 9% 10%
9%
(-----) (-----)
(269) (301) (349) (375)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
----- ----- 16% 19% 17%
18%
(-----) (-----) (275) (294)
(360) (105)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
----- 3% ----- -----
4% 1%
(-----) (92)
(-----) (-----) (93) (105)
Justice Page Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Justice Page Middle School Principal
>>>>> Erin
Rathke
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
63% 67% 57% 58% 60%
64%
(380) (610)
(727) (743) (791) (812)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
63% 65% 55% 63% 61%
65%
(380) (610)
(730) (751) (796) (818)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
----- 58% 47% 62% 47%
59%
(-----) (199) (235)
(237) (241) (264)
Northeast Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Northeast Middle School Principal
>>>>> Vernon
Rowe
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
28% 27% 23% 24% 21%
19%
(515) (540)
(549) (499) (457) (438)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
29% 30% 30% 25% 30%
30%
(507) (544) (545) (499)
(465) (435)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
13% 25% 23% 18% 17%
15%
(185) (187) (184) (177) (138)
Olson Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018
Olson Middle School Principal
>>>>> Steve
Emerson
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
14% 13% 11% 11% 11%
14%
(276) (245)
(247) (290) (312) (331)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
19% 21% 24% 24% 26%
28%
(279) (246)
(245) (294) (318) (326)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
12% 5% 4% 2% 6%
11%
(100) (82)
(75) (87) (90) (105)
Sanford Middle School
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Sanford Middle School Principal
>>>>> Amy
Nelson
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
38% 42% 44% 39% 39%
36%
(725) (755)
(759) (835) (907) (896)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
45% 49% 50% 49% 50%
52%
(718) (739)
(757) (816) (906) (885)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
34% 39% 37% 37% 31%
34%
(232) (277) (225)
(245) (283) (294)
Heritage Academy
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
Math 18%
18% 12% 3% 3%
1%
(121)
(147) (105) (90)
(91) (72)
Reading 18%
21% 21% 19% 14% 15%
(121)
(146) (107) (106)
(92) (75)
Science 5%
14% 7% 4% 5% 6%
(79)
(86) (30) (101) (58) (35)
Lake Harriet (Upper)
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019
Lake Harriet Upper School Principal
>>>>> Walter
Schleismann
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
86% 86% 85% 86% 81%
82%
(601) (581)
(603) (611) (616) (587)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
84% 86% 85% 80% 82%
80%
(602) (586)
(601) (615) (615) (593)
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
81%
84%
81% 76% 76% 72%
(244) (243)
(222) (238) (264)
(238)
Lake Nokomis (Keewaydin)
Academic Performance
Percentage of Students Proficient on the
Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs),
Academic Years ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,
2018, 2019
Lake Nokomis Keewaydin Elementary
School
Principal >>>>> La Shawn Ray/Kristi Ward (2019)
Math 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
54% 52% 51% 45% 49%
50%
(366) (387)
(413) (411) (428) (441)
Reading 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
47% 47% 51% 47% 56%
60%
(366) (387)
(413) (411) (428) 39%
Science 2014
2015
2016 2017 2018 2019
43% 37% 31% 40% 45%
39%
(110)
(111) (131) (112)
(142) (137)
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