Sure, The Superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri School District is great at posing for glamor shots . . . But he didn't stand up to organized opposition for too long.
Remember that TKC reported an early morning showdown and ruckus over the proposal of performance incentives.
The response i.e. backdown of Covington came quickly:
Again, I can't take any of the credit on this one. It really represents the power of the Federation of Teachers & School-Related Personnel and THE MOST AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS!!! Thank you.
Remember that TKC reported an early morning showdown and ruckus over the proposal of performance incentives.
The response i.e. backdown of Covington came quickly:
Again, I can't take any of the credit on this one. It really represents the power of the Federation of Teachers & School-Related Personnel and THE MOST AWESOME TKC TIPSTERS!!! Thank you.
The head of human resources is taking a "sabbatical" without pay to finish his dissertation. Two recent top executives resigned, one said she could not work with Covington, he recently hired an UNCERTIFIED principal for the highest performing high school in the district...
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So when will be getting our NEXT superintendent?
ReplyDeleteWhy do teachers need a $3000.00 incentive to teach at Central?
ReplyDeleteI'd have to have $3,000. just to walk in the building.
ReplyDeleteCovington's previous name was Thurmond Mitchell.
ReplyDeleteActually, I knew Thermon very well, there's no D on the boy or his dad. His dad was there NAACP top dog in Wichita. While Thermon might have gotten cuts in line because of his blackness, yes, ahead of me in one particular job, he really did stand up and show himself a qualified guy.
ReplyDeleteI could have dissed him because he got cuts in line because of his race over ME, but the fact is, he was a fairly premiere guy and I think he stood up to the profession just fine. I have no complaints and if anybody would, it'd be be me. But I never did. I liked him a lot.
Way to go Andrea Flinders for leaking internal memos to TKC you rock and Black and Hispanic students of our district loose again! Way to go! Its clear who's side TKC is on. I guess failure of KCMSD draws more web traffic than success.
ReplyDeleteWay to go Andrea Flinders for leaking internal memos to TKC you rock and Black and Hispanic students of our district loose again! Way to go! Its clear who's side TKC is on. I guess failure of KCMSD draws more web traffic than success.
ReplyDeleteDo you get it? Never diss Therman Mitchell again. I know him more than any of you,. I knew him in Wichita where he started.
ReplyDeleteLeave Thurman jr be. He was just a great guy! I will stick my personal rep on that. I'm Radioman.
The countdown until they run Covington out begins....
ReplyDeleteUnions have stifled innovation in the Public schools all over this country and have shirked in horror as Citizens exercised their right to Choice and choose Charter and Private schools (Whose teachers aren't part of the union thus don't pay dues) They along with the Liberal Mantra/ racism of low expectations have robbed countless generations/ anchors of proper education. Very soon this opposition to change will come to an end. When the Covington haters run him out of town expect the state to take over and break up the district and thus finally bust up the "Solidarity" Andrea values more than Student Achievement.
Unions are not the enemy in public education....they are the last vestige of integrity in a education world full of failed business people and crooked political insiders who feed at the public trough while they send there kids to private schools and get off on the power and money in a system they have hijacked...
ReplyDelete7/1/10 8:59 PM - "Unions are not the enemy in public education....they are the last vestige of integrity in a education world " if you believe that I have ocean front property in Johnson County Kansas I want to sale you, complete with Rainbows and Unicorns. LMFAO.
ReplyDeleteCovington will be out in 3 months.
ReplyDeleteCovington is a poor manager. He does not have the "best and brightest" people in his Alabama cabinet.
ReplyDeleteHe's making mistakes because of the unqualified people he hired in finance, operations, and human resources. He still does not have a chief academic officer, two months before school opening.
9:58 is being very simplistic and unfair. Covington will not be gone in 3 months.
ReplyDelete4 or 5? ...well, ok.
If it is untrue that all children should go to college, and if it is true that the establishment of national standards is likely to increase the high school dropout rate, then we should reject the idea of national standards and work energetically to provide a variety of first-class programs for all our students. I think we must— politely but persistently—question the motives behind the push for standardization. Might money be involved? A seemingly uniform academic program is much cheaper than up-to-date vocational programs. Vocational education is expensive, requiring smaller classes, larger spaces, and sophisticated machinery. Can we afford it?
ReplyDeletePerhaps we can. If we redirect all the money now wasted on standardization and testing to first-class programs for all our students, we might keep kids in school and give them hope for the future.
The problem is that Kansas City is a backward place that rejects success at every turn. Compare Pueblo Schools to this failure we call a school district with Dropouts and community activists and unions running the show into the ground. People who want to demonize Covington for trying to fix this mess need to look in the mirror (We're talking about you Andrea.) See he may leave and you will win and Kids will loose and we'll continue to be the laughing stock of the US educational system.
ReplyDeleteKCMO getting ready to show Dart Vader the door so soon.
ReplyDeleteI want Covington to be successful. The charter schools show that the inner city kids can achieve, if they have the right environment in school. It's an uphill battle, but give him a chance.
ReplyDeleteIf Covington is ousted, I fully expect the state of Missouri to assume direct control of the district and eliminate the elected school board. Maybe even divide the district up.
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