New Orleans lands "top tier" school superintendent

ScottF · 05-27-2007, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by maddvector

New Orleans lands "top tier" school superintendent
Posted by Steve Ritea May 04, 2007 2:20PM

Vallas relishes opportunity to build new school system "from the ground up"

By Steve Ritea
Staff writer

• Photos

Calling him among "the top tier of superintendents in the country," state officials named outgoing Philadelphia Schools CEO Paul Vallas as superintendent of Louisiana's Recovery School District, a unique challenge Vallas embraced, vowing to bring a first-class team to help a long-broken system claw toward rebirth and reform.

"This is creating a new school system from the ground up," said Vallas, 53, during a news conference at recently restored Martin Luther King School for Science and Technology in the iconic Lower 9th Ward.

State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek, who introduced Vallas, made a call for unity in announcing the appointment, invoking the spirit of Martin Luther King and asking races, classes and those of differing opinion to stand behind New Orleans' new educational leader.

http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/..._tier_sch.html

Vallas was also just mentioned in Time magazine last week, discussing NLCB. New Orleans always has difficulty meeting NCLB goals, and lack of funding is going to make it more difficult.
I was all for getting the SuperDome reopened ASAP- it is the heart of the city-I just hope Nagin and others prioritize fixing education with the same expediency.

05-27-2007, 05:10 PM	#1
ScottF 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 6,324	Originally Posted by maddvector New Orleans lands "top tier" school superintendent Posted by Steve Ritea May 04, 2007 2:20PM Vallas relishes opportunity to build new school system "from the ground up" By Steve Ritea Staff writer • Photos Calling him among "the top tier of superintendents in the country," state officials named outgoing Philadelphia Schools CEO Paul Vallas as superintendent of Louisiana's Recovery School District, a unique challenge Vallas embraced, vowing to bring a first-class team to help a long-broken system claw toward rebirth and reform. "This is creating a new school system from the ground up," said Vallas, 53, during a news conference at recently restored Martin Luther King School for Science and Technology in the iconic Lower 9th Ward. State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek, who introduced Vallas, made a call for unity in announcing the appointment, invoking the spirit of Martin Luther King and asking races, classes and those of differing opinion to stand behind New Orleans' new educational leader. http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/..._tier_sch.html Vallas was also just mentioned in Time magazine last week, discussing NLCB. New Orleans always has difficulty meeting NCLB goals, and lack of funding is going to make it more difficult. I was all for getting the SuperDome reopened ASAP- it is the heart of the city-I just hope Nagin and others prioritize fixing education with the same expediency.