Super Gobbledygook and Bureaucratic Babble
Incoming CMS Superintendent Heath “Pete Repeat” Morrison says his first priority is to reach out and engage the public; so naturally, Morrison rolled out his vaunted 100-Days Entry Plan last week with a Friday afternoon document dump when most people had already checked out for the Memorial Day weekend. This guy should fit right in with the CMS duck-and-dodge crowd.
For proof positive, look no further than Morrison’s boilerplate synopsis of his entry plan’s five goals, replete with pre-entry and entry actions for each:
To focus organizational efforts and align resources to ensure all students are college and career-ready and achievement gaps are closed
To establish and promote highly effective district governance by building a trusting, productive, collaborative relationship with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
To increase organizational effectiveness and efficiency and ensure high performance and support to schools
To establish a respectful, positive district culture centered on teaching and learning
To build public trust capital and confidence through open, honest communication and positive relationships
Morrison critics have derided him for being little more than a Gorman clone, a huckster educrat wrapped in a slick politician’s cloak, swooping into town with a prepackaged bundle of the latest reform plans to grab a golden paycheck and head for greener pastures after a few years.
Time will tell if those criticism and concerns are valid, but early indications from his entry plan – another listening-and-learning tour? Cartoon scrawls of catch phrases and empty aphorisms like “Every Child. Every Day. For a Better Tomorrow” and “It takes a village to raise a child”? – leave much room for improvement.
The best way for Morrison to rebuild a public trust and improve academic achievement: skip the reams of bureaucratic babble, the listening and learning tours, and the public relations platitudes; roll up your sleeves, thin the Ed Shed herd, and get to work in classrooms.
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