Nov 18, 2019

>Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota<, Vol. VI, No. 2, August 2019 >>>>> Article #1


Article #1

 

Introductory Comments

 

Professional Training of Academic Decision-Makers

at the Minneapolis Public Schools

 
To the extent that the general public gives much thought at all to the sort of professional training that key academic decision-makers at locally centralized school systems such as the Minneapolis Public Schools bring to their positions, most people seem to assume that a degree in education means that people paid to design academic programming have credentials pertinent to the task.

In this edition of Journal of the K-12 Revolution:  Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota, I give an objective presentation of the credentials held by Superintendent Ed Graff and other key academic decision-makers at the Minneapolis Public Schools.  In Part Two:  Analysis of my new book, Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools:  Current Condition, Future Prospect, I assess the value of these credentials;  comment on these credentials also arises in Part Three:  Philosophy, wherein I trace the origins of education departments, colleges, and schools in transformation from normal schools into college and university based programs.  I have in the course of entering 1200 articles on my blog also provided a bevy of information pertinent to the training of public teachers and administrators.

In this edition of the journal I entreat my readers to give very thought to the kind of training undergone by academic decision-makers at the Minneapolis Public Schools and, in anticipation of delving for my own commentary, form your own views as to the adequacy of the given professional preparation.

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