Re: Wondering if anyone has info to share about NLNS

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In a message dated 10/22/07 6:02:33 PM, kber@earthlink.net writes:

<< I would expect that George Schmidt would, since they are active in 
Chicago. >>

What specifics are you asking for and about? We still have pictures from the 
press conference at their unveiling eight years (or so) ago. With all the 
hoopla back then, the question can now be asked whether all that has produced 
anything of long-term value for the schools that got them -- or was it just 
another way of sidestepping the traditional paths to the principalship and beyond?

My view?

The traditional path in Illinois (which, by the way, is still the path in all 
of Illinois except Chicago) required years of classroom work as a teacher, 
course work and a masters; and an examination. No short cuts because the 
apprenticeship was necessary (just as in any other highly skilled job; I always used 
the five-year electrical workers' apprenticeship as an imperfect analogy). 

Once Chicago deregulated a lot (and expanded deregulation via charter schools 
and other exotic alternatives to traditonal public schools) almost anything 
was possible. 

George Schmidt
Editor, Substance

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