Principal Paula Lev reportedly created a learning environment plagued by utter disorganization and insanity at New York City s High School for Law and Public Service.
i have personal experience. it is not just a slogan. it is truly a guiding principle for these charter networks. retiring, work hard be nice, means what for the charter schools? it s a principle for american values. it goes way beyond charter schools and that is the issue. when you want to replace something like work hard, be nice, you re replacing self-reliance, self-agency. you re also replacing civility, right? these are things that should be instilled in children as well as adults. so i m concerned but we have yet to see what they re going to replace it with. will: eric, i mentioned that i have personal experience with. this i my children go to a very large, have gone to a very large public charter school, success academy here in new york city and the theory is rigor. that minority students in impoverished areas can achieve at a level as high as any rich suburban white school in this country, if you require someone to work hard.
or suggested that she is interested in ousting all white teachers. as a result, that principal for only second time i believe in new york public school history has received a vote of no confidence. here is the quote of office for equal opportunity filing against high school principal paula lebb. mrs. lebb asked me to conspire with her in getting rid of my colleague. she stated in spanish, going to get rid of all the white teachers that aren t doing anything for the kids of our community. i believe miss lebb is not suited for the position of principal because of comments she made to me about white people and ma like shaws way she thinks and speaks. sheep is not fit to be leader of a school. as a school staff we lost confidence, credibility, trust, most important we lost hope of miss lev as a principal for the high school of law and public service. rachel: in addition to making those despicable comments, she was in a staff meeting with the other faculty.