The Wake County board fired its superintendent, General Anthony Tata, who had been hired by the previous board majority. That previous majority was elected with a pledge to end the district’s nationally recognized desegregation plan.
The vote to dismiss Tata was 5-4.
General Tata previously worked in D.C. as chief operating officer for then-Chancellor Michelle Rhee. He is a graduate of the Broad Superintendent’s Academy. He was known as a hard worker and an outspoken conservative who was a political commentator on conservative websites.
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A it of an authoritarian here in DC. He was military. We weren’t. What I found distasteful was his blogging while on DCPS payroll. Many raised concerns about that. It was dismissed. Another reason why experience and licensing is important. Bet he’ll end up in Rahm’s Chicagoland.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcschools/2010/12/henderson_says_tatas_exit_unex.html
The b in front of it is missing.
Reblogged this on Transparent Christina.
Please check out what happened in Camden NJ yesterday. The Mayoral appointed BOE turned down all proposals for Renaissance schools that were being proposed under the Urban Hope Act, a bill aimed at privatizing schools in urban areas in New Jersey, but requires BOE approval to work. The Camden BOE even voted down the KIPP proposal put forth by the godfather of Camden George Norcross – who sees himself as the city’s savior. The Board had the wisdom and courage to vote down these proposals because of the amazing energy and dedication of a handful of residents who have been to every meeting, held meetings of their own and stood in fearless opposition to money and corruption. Inspiring!
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120926/NEWS01/120926001?fb_action _ids=2457255567725&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=artsharebottom&fb_so urce=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
From: Diane Ravitch’s blog Reply-To: Diane Ravitch’s blog Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:56:17 +0000 To: Deborah E Cornavaca Subject: [New post] Breaking News: Wake County, NC, Board Fires Superintendent
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Finally.
I should start a tally of fired Broad superintendents because there have been a lot of them.
Dora
Please do. We need this sort of evidence to build a case against the reformers and to alert the public to the sham that is the Broad academy.
that would be quite a list.
Here’s a start:
Who’s Running Your School District
from Color Lines
“Who’s running your school district? If you live in a big city or urban area, chances are decisions have been influenced by someone who’s been groomed with a specific ideology of education policy. In 2002 the Broad Foundation, one of the largest and most influential philanthropies dedicated to school reform, established the Broad Superintendents Academy, a ten-month program to provide corporate-level management and skills development to folks they hoped would go on to decision makers in school districts across the country.”
http://colorlines.com/archives/2011/09/broad_academys_reform_school.html
Ta ta to Tata!
“General” Tata? Someone thought a person with lifetime military experience (and presumably little or no educational experience) would make a good Superintendent? Truly frightening.
Can someone explain why he was fired?
He was hired by the previous very conservative board. They lost their majority.
Good riddance, Gen. Tata

from Mike Klonsky’s blog

“If there was ever a guy you would never want to run your public schools, it was Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata. But after a brief stint at Eli Broad’s training camp for school superintendents, Michelle Rhee brought him in as her second in command in D.C. 

Then Tata became fast friends with Sarah Palin, and wrote a glowing review of her book, “Going Rogue,” on the Big Hollywood site operated by the late wing-nut journo-goofball Andrew Breitbart. Tata wrote that Palin “is far more qualified to be president of the United States than the current occupant of the White House” and that the she is “precisely the kind of leader America needs.”

I guess that wasn’t enough of a clue for the embattled Wake County, N.C. School Board who hired Tata  as their schools chief to take command of the board’s re-segregation initiative. The program, pushed mainly by Republican school board members, backed by national tea party conservatives, was aimed at reversing years of gains by the North Carolina civil rights movement. Pledging to “say no to the social engineers!” the board rolled back one of the nation’s most celebrated integration efforts.”

http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2012/09/good-riddance-gen-tata.html