The Madison School District said Thursday that it is working with the man it hired to be the new principal at Lori Mann Carey Elementary School to make sure he gets the state educator’s license he needs to take the job.
The district on Tuesday announced the appointment of longtime educator and activist Percy Brown Jr. as the new principal at the South Side school, but it wasn’t clear from the Department of Public Instruction’s online licensing database that he has the license that under state law he needs to be a principal at a public school in Wisconsin.
The database shows a Percy L. Brown has had teacher and administrator licenses in the past, but none of them were current. Instead, it shows that teacher and administrator licenses applied for in June 2019 and June 2020, respectively, were currently invalid because background checks had not been completed.
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Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average (now > $25,000 per student) K-12 tax & spending practices. This, despite long term, disastrous reading results.
Madison Schools: More $, No Accountability
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?