An intern for Dr. Alonso?
Steven Harris, a doctoral student in Harvard's Urban Superintendents Program (Dr. Alonso's alma mater), is spending three days with the CEO this week. If they decide at that time that they're a good match for each other, Mr. Harris will be back for six months starting in August to intern with Dr. Alonso.
I met Harris in December when I spoke to students in the Urban Superintendents Program and also got a copy of his bio. Like Alonso, he comes from a legal background: He worked as an assistant attorney general in Missouri, where his caseload included the Kansas City school desegregation case. He then went to work as a lawyer for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Like Alonso, he left the law to become a teacher. He taught high school math in both New York City and Springfield, Mo. Before enrolling at Harvard, he was on the education faculty at William Jewell College near Kansas City.
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If he shares the same vision for excellence that Dr. Alonso shares and believes that he can be a part of the reform movement here in Baltimore, I say let's do whatever it takes to keep him. One of the areas I am most concerned with is the lack of people who "get it" who surround him and who can get things done. I know that Dacey in PG county and the new DC person brought in strong movers and shakers who help them enact their visions. I hope that Alonso is beginning to see the wisdom of a strong team - there seems to be far to few people at 200 E North Ave who can help us move in the direction we need to move.
Posted by: myteacherbrain643 | April 9, 2008 5:02 PM