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Headbanging Change Agents

By Kleinheider Posted on December 22, 2008 at 7:20 am

Metro Councilwoman Emily Evans on the school boards decision to offer Jesse Register a shot at turning around Metro Schools:

In Tennessee, the operating political theory is “ease along.” We like change agents but we like ones that can get things done using consensus, team building and compromise with a little bit of but kicking in the background. That isn’t the sort of thing that gets you on the cover of Newsweek but it tends to work with the particular personality that is Nashville’s.

So, the decision is made. Let’s all get behind the new Director, do what we can to make him successful and hold him accountable. And with a little luck and elbow grease we will ease along to a better school system.

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One Responses to “Headbanging Change Agents”

  1. Martin Kennedy writes
    December 22nd, 2008 12:25 pm

    From Council woman Evans’ post: So, Washington may need a Michelle Rhee. Nashville, not so much.

    Correction. A Michelle Rhee is precisely who we need. Emily Evans’s argument can be summarized with, “Nashville’s just not as bad as DC.” The frustration here is driven by just how obvious some real change is required. Imagine a law that would mandate that public school teachers would have to send their kids to… public school. Add council members and the mayoral staff. You’d see some changes made very quickly. You’d see some serious butt-kicking.
    In the interest of full disclosure it would be good to know where Emily Evans’s kids go to school. Do they go to public school? If not then her comments on the new director can be explained - Register is good enough… not for my kids… but for other peoples’ kids.

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