Daily News | New superintendent needs to focus on transparency, infrastructure, and rebuilding trust to succeed | Editorial
— that strained his relationship with parents and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.
While school administrators and union leadership are bound to occasionally butt heads, there also needs to be some level of trust on both sides. It is critical that the next superintendent sees the unions as their partners in the effort to provide the best education for Philadelphia’s children. At the same time, the entire public school community should give the new superintendent a chance to earn their trust.
Building trust with those who have a stake in public education is not just good policy, it is also a pragmatic move for an appointee who isn’t guaranteed to remain in place after the city elects a new mayor next year; besides the potential electoral ramifications, the next superintendent could use allies in a city with which they are unfamiliar.
Public education is one of government’s most important responsibilities. The process of selecting a successor for Hite has faced plenty of criticism, including the lack of women among the finalists and the absence of finalists with strong local ties or knowledge of the district.
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