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Philly Superintendent Blames Her $905,000 Departure On Political Missteps

Education Week     Christina Samuels
First Posted: 08/24/11 05:56 PM ET Updated: 10/24/11 06:12 AM ET

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Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education Week Wednesday that political miscalculations led to her removal, not issues with job performance.

"There are people who wanted me to stay. Politicians and ministers said, 'I want you to stay,' " Ackerman said.

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Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education Week Wednesday that political miscalculations led to her remova...
Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education Week Wednesday that political miscalculations led to her remova...
Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education Week Wednesday that political miscalculations led to her remova...
Arlene Ackerman, who resigned Monday as superintendent of the 155,000-student Philadelphia district, said in an interview with Education Week Wednesday that political miscalculations led to her remova...
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wellnowfolks
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10:34 AM on 08/25/2011
She should learn a lesson from the man in California who retired from his superintendent job and then agreed to return tot he same job at over 100,000 a year pay cut to help out the district.
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changing
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09:02 PM on 08/24/2011
Well she has been making political mistakes and making money off of them for years in city after city. Course only the kids suffer as she takes the money and runs.
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