Friday, August 21, 2009

Clip Report for August 21

San Diego Union-Tribune

August 21, 2009

Group pushing for schools chief to stay in S.D.

As San Diego schools chief Terry Grier was introduced in Houston as its new superintendent yesterday, a local campaign was gaining momentum to persuade him to stay.

 

Houston Chronicle

August 21, 2009

HISD board picks San Diego's Terry Grier | Choice to lead district vows to cut dropout rate

Houston school trustees united Thursday to name Terry Grier the new superintendent, and now the ambitious San Diego schools chief must win over an unfamiliar and diverse community. In Spanish.

 

Voice of San Diego

August 21, 2009

He's Headed to Houston. Do We Have a Problem?

Urban superintendents tend to be easy come, easy go. Yet even by that low standard, San Diego Unified seems to have a problem with keeping its chiefs.

 

KSWB-TV

August 20, 2009

S.D. unified superintendent to transfer districts?

Weeks before the San Diego Unified School District is set to begin another school year, the district's Superintendent may be moving on to a bigger school district for a much bigger paycheck.

 

KGTV-10

August 20, 2009

SDUSD Superintendent Leaving For Job In Houston

San Diego Unified School District Terry Grier is the lone finalist for the same position in Houston.

 

KNSD-TV

August 20, 2009

SDUSD Supt Greeted by Applause in Houston

When your boss flies out of town early and shows up somewhere else thanking people for the "new opportunity," it sounds like a done deal.

 

KUSI-TV

August 20, 2009

Superintendent Grier leaving for greener pastures

The Houston Independent School District Board voted unanimously this afternoon to hire Terry Grier, with a reported compensation package in excess of $400,000.

 

 

San Diego Union-Tribune

August 20, 2009

School Superintendent Grier abandons S.D. for Houston

SAN DIEGO — It's official: San Diego schools chief Terry Grier has been tapped to run the Houston school system.

 

Education Week website

August 20, 2009

San Diego Schools Chief May Run Houston District

The chief of the San Diego school district has been named as the sole finalist for superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, the largest district in Texas and the seventh-largest in the country.

 

KPBS-FM

August 20, 2009

School Board Surprised by Grier's Possible Departure

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Unified School Board members appeared surprised Thursday at the news Superintendent Terry Grier might be leaving the district.

 

Voice of San Diego

August 19, 2009

Anxiety in the Air as Grier Eyes Another Job

It looks like the revolving door at San Diego Unified may keep spinning, to the horror of parents and employees who thought it might have finally slowed.

 

Why Does the Door Keep Revolving?

If Superintendent Terry Grier does take off for Houston, he will be the third permanent superintendent to leave San Diego Unified in roughly four years, not counting interim chiefs who stepped in to the void. As the news broke Wednesday, people asked over and over: What's with the revolving door?

 

KUSI-TV

August 20, 2009

Back to school help for military families

We take a lot of time to thank the brave men and women that serve our country, so this morning we honoried the children in military families.

 

KNSD-TV

August 20, 2009

No Pink Slips = Bad Math?

Too many elementary school teachers and not enough middle school teachers.

 

San Diego Union-Tribune

August 19, 2009

Achievement gap casts a shadow on test scores | Students across county, state show improvement

Despite severe budget cuts to education, students in San Diego County and throughout California made solid gains on standardized tests this year.

 

KSWB-TV

August 19, 2009

Student standardized test scores up

Standardized test scores for students around California and locally are up. But as educators explained, there is still more room for growth.

 

Opinion

 

San Diego Union-Tribune

August 21, 2009

Union-Tribune Editorial | Inevitable result | Zombro's power plays behind Grier's exit

Given the degeneration of the San Diego Unified School District since a new board majority took power in January, Superintendent Terry Grier's decision to leave San Diego Unified after less than two years here comes as no surprise.

 

Voice of San Diego

August 20, 2009

Blogger for a Day: Holding a Lighted Match Under the Thermostat

This morning, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced a special legislative session focusing on education that he hopes will establish merit pay for teachers based on students' test scores to meet the requirements of the federal Race to the Top initiative. The Governor states that he does not want California to miss out on the federal stimulus monies. Legislators could vote by October to overturn the law that currently prohibits the use of students' test data for evaluating and compensating teachers so that the state is eligible to submit a Race to the Top grant.

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