American Center for Transforming Education

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Innovative Leadership: An Emptiness In Public Education

Bailey Takacs
November 12, 2019
One of the largest cities in the country once applied corporate solutions to the public education problems. The time frame was 2003-2017, when Mayor Michael Bloomberg worked with Joel Klein, Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, in bringing about a training academy for school principals, a concept we at ACTE have been promoting. The NYC Leadership Academy was in search of a change agent, an educational entrepreneur who thinks of doing school differently—a leader who is not satisfied with the status quo. With a limited supply of innovative leaders in public education, Bloomberg invited Jack Welch, former GE executive, to chair the Academy. Welch linked educational leadership to that of the corporate world: “We used to say in the corporation, ‘Any one of you jerk …

Why Only One Type of School?

Bailey Takacs
November 7, 2019

Knowledge and Civics: A Guide to a Responsible Citizenry

Bailey Takacs
November 6, 2019

Nations Report Card Shows Decline

Bailey Takacs
November 5, 2019

Back to Betraying Children

Bailey Takacs
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