The finalists in the second round of the Race to the Top program, the signature piece of the Obama administration’s education reform efforts, were announced Thursday, eliciting surprise and disappointment for the 16 who were picked and 24 who weren’t. Also this week, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released one of the largest surveys of teacher attitudes, finding among other things, that effective principals and leadership were more important to teachers than salaries when choosing a place to work. For more of the latest in education news and insights, read this week’s Leading Source.
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My own (small) experience in my school confirms the Gates results. We had an ineffectual principal in our building when I came, and two years later, he left. There had been an constant undercurrent of unhappiness in the school, with teachers angry they had to complete certain responsibilities. A new principal came and poof! Those very tasks are being done now, and I’ve yet to hear word one. What I do hear is how much everyone enjoys the new principal.