In Selecting a New Superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools, We Must Do Much Better Than We Have Done in the Past

Now that Ed Graff has resigned as Superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools, we must go outside the establishment consisting of legions of people ruined by education professors to find a scholar capable of delivering knowledge-intensive, skill-replete curriculum and retraining teachers capable of delivering that curriculum.

 

A conventionally trained superintendent has no chance of success. 

 

The long-suffering students of the Minneapolis Public Schools have borne the consequences. 

 

We have an obligation to our precious young people to do much better than we have in the past, most especially during the era stretching from 1980 through the current year of 2022  >>>>>

 

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Superintendents of the Minneapolis Public Schools

 

1858-1950

 

George B. Stone June (1858-1864 ñ

M.E. Jenness (temporary superintendent) (June 23, 1865-1867 ñ

Ira Moore July 14, 1867-? (St. Anthony) ñ

A.S. Kissell 1867-June 30, 1868 ñ

William O. Hiskey July 14, 1868-Oct. 2, 1871* ñ

Orson Valentine Tousley Oct. 1871-May 31, 1886 ñ

Dr. John E. Bradley Sept. 1, 1886-May 31, 1892 ñ

Charles Morison Jordan June 1, 1892-July 31, 1914 ñ

Dr. Frank E. Spaulding Aug. 1, 1914-Feb. 1, 1917 ñ

Bennett B. Jackson Feb. 1, 1917-Feb. 14, 1922 ñ

William Frank Webster Feb. 15, 1922-Aug. 1, 1929 ñ

Carroll R. Reed Aug. 1, 1929-Nov. 15, 1941 ñ

Noble B. Schoonmaker Nov. 15, 1941-Feb. 1, 1943 ñ

Prudence Cutright (Acting) Feb. 1943-June 30, 1944 ñ

Willard E. Goslin July 1, 1944-June 30, 1948 ñ

Dr. Robert S. Gilchrist (Acting) July 1948 ñ

Dr. Herbert B. Bruner July 15, 1948-Aug. 1950 ñ

 

 

1950-1980

 

Rufus A. Putnam Sept. 1950-Dec. 1966 ñ

John Bradford Davis Jan. 1967-June 30, 1975 ñ

Donald B. Bevis (Interim) July 14, 1975-April 27, 1976 ñ

Raymond G. Arveson April 27, 1976-June 24, 1980 ñ

 

 

1980-2022

 

Richard R. Green June 24, 1980-Feb. 26, 1988 (Acting, for 1st week) ñ

William C. Phillips (Interim) March 1-July 31, 1988 ñ

Robert Ferrera Aug. 1, 1988-Feb. 2, 1993 ñ

Mitchell Trockman (Interim) Feb. 2-March 8, 1993 ñ

John B. Davis (Interim) March 8-Aug. 1993 ñ

Mitchell Trockman (Acting) Aug.-Dec. 1993 ñ

Peter Hutchinson Dec. 14, 1993-May 27, 1997 ñ

Katrina Reed (Acting) May 29-Sept. 2, 1997 ñ

Carol R. Johnson Aug. 30, 1997-Sept. 30, 2003 ñ

David M. Jennings Oct. 1, 2003-June 30, 2004 ñ

Mitchell Trockman (Interim) July 1-19, 2004 ñ

Thandiwe Peebles July 20, 2004-Jan. 26, 2006 ñ

William Davis "Bill" Green (Interim Jan. 26, 2006-Feb. 13, 2007) (Feb. 13, 2007-June 30, 2010

Bernadeia Johnson (July 1, 2010-December 31, 2015)

Michael Goar (Interim, 2015-2016)

Ed Graff (July 1, 2016-June 30, 2022)