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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