Editorial: Truitt's schools plan must embrace Leandro remedial order not dodge it
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt needs to choose. Is she going to stand with the partisan politicians who neglect public schools and those who work for them? OR Is she going to take a strong and courageous stand in support of implementing the 7-year remedial plan that the court has adopted? That is that plan that should be the map, the guiding light, of any program "navigating students toward a brighter future."
Posted — UpdatedTruitt offers up a pablum of proposals that won’t drive excellence but rather appease those partisan and business interests that are satisfied with mediocre public education.
Her proposals are no call for excellence but a gussied-up defense of the status quo. Things may appear a little better but looks can deceive and it continues public education on the same path it has been for the last decade.
Does Truitt believe that her report is an adequate answer to Leandro? Does she think the judge will approve of her program over the one worked out by the plaintiffs and defendants in his court?
Truitt needs to choose.
Is she going to take a strong and courageous stand in support of implementing the 7-year remedial plan that the court has adopted?
That is that plan that should be the map, the guiding light, of any program “navigating students toward a brighter future.”
If Truitt wants to demonstrate her first priority is the children and those who help them learn in public school classrooms, she will:
- State unequivocally she backs the program Judge Lee has ordered.
- Call on the General Assembly and the governor to fund it.
- Revise her “Operation Polaris” plan into her program for implementation and going beyond.
That would be a real blast off for North Carolina education.
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