Apr 7, 2021

Article #14 of a Multi-Article Series >>>>> Origins and Maintenance of a Corrupt System of Public Education in the United States

The Embarrassing Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools Associate Superintendents Shawn Harris-Berry, LaShawn Ray, Ron Wagner, and Brian Zambreno

 

One of the most tragi-comic spectacles at the Minneapolis Public Schools, in accord with the tattered bandaid approach to the manifold flaws in the system, is the existence of the associate superintendent position, for the purpose of mentoring principals.  Principals are as poorly prepared in departments, schools, and colleges of education as are teachers and other administrators;  but associate superintendents  have endured the same level of training from those campus embarrassments with ridiculous generosity dubbed education “professors,” and thus are in no better position to mentor principals than principals are capable of mentoring teachers or performing any function pertinent to the delivery of a knowledge-intensive education.

 

There were back in 2014, when I began my investigation into the inner workings of the Minneapolis Public Schools, eight associate superintendents, all knocking down well over $100,000 per annum.  Blessedly, we now have only four such positions, but these yield $148,500 per occupant, which is to say a total of $594,000 for central office burdens whose qualifications are academically slim in the extreme.  The same phenomenon that we witness throughout the system, whereby not a single person making academic decisions for the district, is a scholar, pertains to the associate superintendents:

 

Examine the academic preparation below, noticing that all advanced degrees are in education rather than a key academic discipline at the core of the curriculum.  Know also that none of these associate superintendents was a particularly effective building principal, and that Shawn Harris-Berry was a wrenching failure as principal of North High School.

 

Peruse the following academic credentials, once again knowing that you should not be fooled into thinking that a doctorate in education is any credential of substance;  rather, acquisition of an Ed. D. is merely undertaken to abet a climb in the education bureaucracy.

 

Embarrassing Credentials of Associate Superintendents at the Minneapolis Public Schools

                                                                                                                            

Shawn Harris-Berry (Associate Superintendent)

 

Bachelors Degree (1985)     Business Education                    

University of Wisconsin---

Eau Claire

 

Masters             (1995)            

Secondary School Administration                       

University of St. Thomas

            

Doctorate Degree (2005)             

Educational Leadership              

St. Mary’s University                    

 

Other Credentials

 

Teaching License –

Business Education (7-12) 

expires 6/30/2020

 

Administrative License –

District Superintendent expires 6/30/2020

Administrative License – K-12 Principal expires 6/30/2020

Administrative License – Secondary School Principal expires 6/30/2020

 

LaShawn Ray (Associate Superintendent)

 

Bachelors Degree (1994)                

Social Sciences                     

University of Wisconsin –

River Falls

 

Master’s Degree (year 2006)         

Education                              

St. Cloud State University

 

Superintendent’s (2018)                                                                  

Minnesota State Mankato

 

Other Credentials

 

Teaching License – EBD (K-12) expires 6/30/2023

Administrative License – K-12 Principal expires 6/30/2023

Superintendent – 6/30/2023      

 

Ron Wagner            (Associate Superintendent)

 

Education Specialist Degree                

University of St. Thomas

 

M.A., Education                            

Ball State University

 

B.A. or B.S., Education                           

Ball State University

 

Licensures: 

Elementary Education

English/ Language Arts

Mathematics

 

District Superintendent

K-12 Principal

 

Brian Zambreno     (Associate Superintendent)

 

Doctorate (PhD), Education                         

St. Mary’s University of Minnesota

Education Specialist Degree                        

University of St. Thomas

M.A., Education                                    

Hamline University

 

B.A. or B.S., Liberal Arts                    

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

 

Licensures:

 

District Superintendent

K-12 Principal

English as Second Language

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