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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