But the pro-Ackerman crowd amazingly there is one keeps coming back to one thing. Who cares about her arrogance and her horrible record on academic freedom, etc. Students' test scores are improving! Leave Arlene alone! But what if some of that whole "students' test scores are improving" turned out to be yet another sham? In just two years, the seventh and eighth graders at Theodore Roosevelt Middle School in East Germantown had jumped a stunning 52 points in math on a point scale and 51 in reading on the statewide assessment known as the PSSA.
The improvement was the best - by a considerable margin - of any comparable school in the School District of Philadelphia. Ed Rendell, and other luminaries heaped praise on principal Stefanie Ressler for turning around Roosevelt - deemed persistently dangerous by the state, with nearly nine of 10 students living in poverty and 25 percent needing special-education services.
The divide grew deeper over the summer when former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez , an ally of Lipson, Mar and Sanchez, filed a suit against Ackerman's new contract, which includes the controversial compatibility clause.
The suit was dismissed last month, though an appeal has already been filed. Lipson said, "I think she's been unhappy for a while in the district, and I think everyone's focused a little too much on the infighting It will be time to refocus ourselves on making sure that our students get a high quality education.
Swing vote Norman Yee occupies the seventh seat on the board. She's being forced out -- let's face it. This is not a voluntary resignation," Kelly said. She's a tremendous leader, a tremendous educator and a wonderful human being.
Soon upon arrival in San Francisco from the helm of Washington, D. She joked later she had arrived in the "wild, wild West. Ackerman has also seen test scores improve for all groups of students each year for the past five years, making San Francisco's scores the best of any urban district in the state for the past two years.
However, the test scores and grade point averages for African American students continue to lag far behind their white and Asian American classmates. Two weeks ago, a prominent business executive active in civic affairs said he was approached last month by a board member from a charitable education group asking for help in raising money to contribute toward an Ackerman buyout. The executive, who requested anonymity, said he rebuffed the request.
Several of Ackerman's supporters emphasized Tuesday night that she had signed no deal. Anthony Hardy Williams D. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan said Ackerman's latest absence was symptomatic of a larger problem. Robert McGrogan, head of the principals' union, called Ackerman's absence from Tuesday's principals convocation "conspicuous" and "surprising. In previous years, Ackerman has been front and center at the three-day event - giving speeches, announcing awards, and hosting parties for principals.
The conference agenda also has Ackerman scheduled to present publicly on Thursday afternoon. This is not the first time that Ackerman has been paid as a schools chief while staying apart from the day-to-day picture. For the final five months of her six-year run as head of the San Francisco School District, Ackerman held the unusual title of superintendent emeritus. Ackerman received her full salary while her deputy ran the district.
At the end of June, Ackerman signed a document giving Nunery power to sign documents on her behalf. At the time, she said it was a routine legal document that she had signed in the past. But now it is unclear whether Ackerman, who has publicly vowed to fight for her job, will be in place when school starts Sept.
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