The Minneapolis Public Schools constitute a salient public school district in which incompetence at the lower levels induces a layering of even greater incompetence at putatively higher levels in the district bureaucracy:
>>>>> Teacher
training in colleges, schools, and departments of education is abominable, so
teachers at the median are
mediocre; many are incompetent.
>>>>> Principals
typically train first as teachers and then receive masters and sometimes
doctoral degrees in those same wretched colleges, schools, and departments of
education; they officially have
responsibility for teacher and programmatic academic quality at school
sites--- but they are at least as inept
at delivering quality education as are teachers.
>>>>> Because
neither principals or teachers are effective in implementing a high-quality
academic program, the position of associate superintendent is created for the
mentorship of principals; but these
associate superintendent have the same disastrous training as do principals and
teachers, so they, too, are incapable of implementing high-quality curriculum
or improving principal and teacher quality.
At no level in the educational
bureaucracy of the Minneapolis Public Schools is one likely to find anyone who
has graduate degrees in an academically relevant discipline: Overwhelmingly, degrees are received in the same
terrible programs of colleges, schools, and departments of education, so that
no teacher or administrator has any advanced training in a key subject area
(mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history, government, or literature).
Consider the training of
those in the Minneapolis Public Schools Academic Core & Instruction
Department, understanding that these officials are among those very most responsible
for abysmal student academic proficiency in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Educational preparation is given below for
all but a few of these staff members; I
am still seeking information for a few members, whose educational preparation is
not given.
Maria Rollinger
(Executive Director)
M.Ed., Educational Leadership
& Administration
(Hamline University, August
1998-May 2001
Brandon Button,
Director, Literacy and Humanities
M.Ed.
(Harvard University, 2015-2016)
M.S., Education
(Winona State University, June
2009-August 2010)
B.A., English & Elementary
Education
(St. Olaf College, September
2004-June 2008
Sizi Goya, Director Math
and Sciences
M. A., Education
(Augsburg University, 2016-2020)
B.S., Mathematics
(Texas A&M University,
2001-2005)
………………………………………………………………………
Anna Baumann Smith,
Social Studies Content Lead
M.Ed.., English/Language Arts
Teacher Education
(2013-2015)
B.A., Women’s Studies
(Warren Wilson College,
2001-2005)
Casey Strecker, College
Programs Content Lead
Education Specialist Degree,
(Concordia University/St. Paul,
2014-2020)
M.Ed., Educational Leadership
& Administration, General
(Concordia University/St. Paul,
2012-2014)
B.A., Secondary Education &
Teaching
(University of
Wisconsin/Madison, 2004-2009)
Chas Thomsen, Science
Content Lead
Jennifer Hanzak, Math
K-5 Content LeadK-45
Jessica Rose, K-5
Literacy Content Lead
M. A., Education Curriculum
(University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign,
1989-1991)
B. A., Religious Studies
(St. Olaf College, 1985-1989)
Jordan Coliman, 6-12
Literacy Intervention Content Lead
Julie Ripplinger,
Literacy K-5 Content Lead
Reading Specialist Certification
(California State University/East
Bay, 2013-2014)
B. S., Elementary Education
& Teaching
(Minnesota State University/Moorehead,
2013-2014)
Kelsie Leonard, 6-12
Math Content Lead
Kristin Caquelin, STEM
District Program Facilitator
Lori Ledoux, Arts
Content Lead
Education Specialist Degree
(Minnesota State University/Mankato)
M.A.
B.A., Dance
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities)
Mandy Bellm, K-12
Library/Media Content Lead
Education Specialist Degree,
K-12 Principal
(Minnesota State University/Mankato,
May 2022-December 2023)
Marie Olson, K-5
Literacy Intervention Content Lead
M.Ed.
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities, 1998-2003)
B. S., Elementary Education, 5-8
Math
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities, 2002)
Rachel Grayson, 6-12
English/Language Arts Content Lead
M.A., Teaching Leadership
(American College of Educatio,
July 2020-September 2021)
B.A., Secondary Teacher
Education
(University of Minnesota/Duluth,
1998))
B.S., Communications
(University of Minnesota/Duluth,
1998))
Rodert Kohnert,
Concurrent Enrollment
Ed.D., Educational Leadership
& Administration, General
(Minnesota State University/Mankato,
July 2020-September 2021)
M.A., American History
(Pace University, 2019-2021))
M.Ed.., Social Studies Teacher
Education
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities, 2008-2009)
B.A., History
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities, 2004-2008)
Stephen Montgomery,
Ethnic Studies Content Lead
Education Specialist Degree,
Educational Administration and Supervision
(St, Mary’s University of Minnesota,
January 2023-May 2025)
M.Ed.., Urban Education/Teacher
Education
(University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities, 2008-2009)
Masters of Public Administration
(Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
(Arkansas State University, 2015-2016)
B.A., Communications
University of Minnesota/Twin
Cities 2011-2014)
Tery Emery, Advanced
Learners Content Lead
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