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LAUSD's John Deasy stresses administrator responsibility, promises aid
- 08-25-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy presented a grand, difficult bargain Wednesday in his first formal address to administrators of the nation's second-largest school system. While the delivery was cajoling, Deasy made it plain he would push principals and other managers out of comfort zones, demanding that they take responsibility as never before for hiring teachers and evaluating their performances. He will also direct principals to take greater responsibility for whether individual students are on track for graduation and college. He, in turn, pledged to get out of the way, while also providing key assistance, including helping to break down an "ossified" bureaucracy in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (more...)
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