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Taking Over: A View From The Bridge New Jersey 1987-2006

The Center on Innovation and Improvement September 25, 2006. William Librera, Ed.D R utgers I nstitute for I mproving S tudent A chievement. Taking Over: A View From The Bridge New Jersey 1987-2006. Major Premise.

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Taking Over: A View From The Bridge New Jersey 1987-2006

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  1. The Center on Innovation and Improvement September 25, 2006 William Librera, Ed.D Rutgers Institute for Improving Student Achievement Taking Over: A View From The BridgeNew Jersey 1987-2006

  2. Major Premise • Options for the state, relative to school districts, have many similarities in the school district to school relationship

  3. When the dog is chasing the bus, what does it do when it catches the bus? Tom Watson Former Commissioner State of Michigan

  4. Chronology 1987 - First State to Adopt State Takeover Legislation. Comprehensive Process-Temporary Measure. 1989 - State Takes Over Jersey City School System. 1992 - State Takes Over Paterson School System. 1995 - State Takes Over Newark School System. 2005 - Takeover Legislation Modified. 2006 - No District Returned to Local Control.

  5. Social Capital Features of social organization such as networks, norms, and social trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. Robert Putnam Bowling Alone

  6. Problems with Takeover • Once in the district-difficult to leave. • Accountability shifts to the State. • State gets blamed for all problems-district gets credit for the success. • State lacks the capacity to run a district beyond 1-3 years. • Community initially may accept the takeover, but shortly thereafter regards the state in hostile way.

  7. Problems with Takeover • Among elected officials takeover can be publicly protested, but privately supported. • Racial tensions and conflict. • State or governing body in takeover, in time undermines and/or erodes Social Capital.

  8. Community Building and Rebuilding is Community Organizing and Development Hard to build/rebuild when your presence symbolizes the inadequacy of the community.

  9. Community Organizing You have to believe that if you give people the tools they will do the right thing. Saul Alinsky Reveille for Radicals

  10. Intervention is Different than Takeover • Intervention is a strategy that gives a date and specific time for something to change. • Consequences are removal for those identified as non-responsive. • Establishes time and process as to when the replacements will take their positions and how this will be done. • Creates possibilities for the community to participate.

  11. Intervention is different than Takeover • Relies on short term objectives leaving longer time objectives to the local community. • Clearly establishes what can not and will not be tolerated. • The supervising entity is responsible for the standards and monitoring the results, not running the enterprise.

  12. Bridge as Metaphor

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