State Board of Education member Mary Scott Hunter,
quoted in the Montgomery Advertiser reacting to the narrow vote to hire a Massachusetts Education consultant as the new Alabama School Superintendent. Michael Sentance was not her first choice.
The Portland Press Herald reported Sentance has been seeking a similar job elsewhere:
"Sentance has been a finalist for superintendent in several states in recent years, according to news reports, including Ohio, Kentucky, Nevada and Nebraska."
2010 Per Pupil spending
Alabama $9,642
Mass. $14,754
What could Alabama accomplish with an extra $5k per student (not that the Legislature will come up with that funding...)?
Salary of previous Alabama Superintendent: $250,000
Salary of new Superintendent: TBD. The board will draw up a compensation package and vote on it.
And let me point out we are hiring an Education chief who's last name constantly brings up an error on spell check. Just sayin.
And let me point out we are hiring an Education chief who's last name constantly brings up an error on spell check. Just sayin.
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Can Sentence parse a sentence?
ReplyDeleteIf he breaks a law, will he be sentenced?
Here's a graphic that shows patterns of per-pupil spending, by state--
ReplyDeletehttp://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/per-pupil-spending-by-state-a-national-comparison.html