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Philadelphia pushes out schools chief Arlene Ackerman
- 08-23-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
When tensions between an employee and an employer get so heated that the former dares the latter to fire them, you pretty much know where the story is going to end. In Philadelphia, Arlene Ackerman essentially dared the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to fire her as public schools superintendent. And, in essence, that’s what they did Monday, just a few weeks before the start of the new school year. (How’s that for good planning?) She is being bought out of her contract, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, for more than $900,000 after a highly controversial three-year tenure. Ackerman, who had led several school districts, including Washington’s, before arriving in Philadelphia in 2008, fought repeatedly with the teachers union, the city’s leaders and parents over issues including an autocratic leadership style that got her into trouble when she ran the District schools. (more...)
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