What’s Paul Vallas up to these days? The former CEO of the Chicago school system is now superintendent of the Recovery School District of New Orleans, and retaining his habit of sticking his thumb in the eyes of the educational establishment.
“Vallas hasn’t lost his penchant for speaking truth to power,” notes the Chicago Daily Herald, “or at least public school power, as he demonstrated during a recent speech in DeKalb sponsored by Northern Illinois University’s College of Education.” In his speech, Vallas talked up charter schools, KIPP, alternative teacher certification and Teach for America.
Teach for America recruits “come in with content mastery, energy and work ethic,” Vallas said. “I’m not saying old teachers don’t have that, but we want new teachers coming in with an optimism about their ability to help educate inner-city kids.”
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