Because that’s what’s wrong with Oregon education – not enough administrators. Betsy Hammond has the story in the Oregonian. Never heard of this guy. Anyone? 5/29/2012:
He’s an outsider with a reputation for shaking things up. Let’s give him a chance.
“In both New York and Miami, Crew was blamed for organizing efforts to remove independent oversight during his tenure.” -Wikipedia
Bodes well for the (Re)New(ed) Partnership.
From the Oregonian: “Crew has changed jobs and cities frequently during his 40 years in education, leaving many posts after just two years.”
From the WWW: “SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Rudy Crew, former chancellor of the New York City Schools and 2008 National Superintendent of the Year, joins Revolution K12 as president in order to impact school reform nationwide through the implementation of adaptive technology tools that support teachers and provide blended instruction.”
If you want to meet him, you’d better move fast.
More here: http://revolutionk12.com/about-us/press-releases/2012_01_24_rudy_crew_joins_revolution
Former Chancellor of NYC Schools Sees Opportunity for Deep Transformation in Schools in New Role as Head of Revolution K12
Rudy Crew capitalizes on wealth of knowledge in public education to drive corporate sector growth
Santa Monica, CA – January 20, 2012 – Rudy Crew, former chancellor of the New York City Schools and 2008 National Superintendent of the Year, joins Revolution K12 as president in order to impact school reform nationwide through the implementation of adaptive technology tools that support teachers and provide blended instruction. Revolution K12 is a rapidly-growing web-based adaptive software division of Revolution Prep. During his 25 years as an educational leader, Crew has seen first-hand how technology can effectively be used to drive school improvement and help students reach higher performance levels.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/education/09miami.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/29/opinion/what-rudy-crew-didn-t-do.html?ref=rudolphfcrew
Mixed reviews, as they say. No higher ed experience. Bounces around a lot, and often down. It’s a hire that smacks of desperation on both sides.
280K?!?!? Didn’t Castillo do it for 80K?
From the RG:
“He was ousted from the Miami job after four years when several board members questioned his management style and financial stewardship, according to news reports from 2008. He said he lost his job because he focused relentlessly on his reform agenda and didn’t pay much attention to his political relationships with the school board.”
Didn’t Kitzhaber just fire someone for the same reasons (minus the financial stewardship problem)?
A bid to vault Oregon into national prominence, at least for one news cycle. Still, I am prepared to give this guy the benefit of the doubt. As itinerant bull-in-china-shop education reformers go, he seems to have at least some of his credibility intact, maybe even some evidence of actual accomplishment, and only a few scandals and civil suits directed against him. In the K-12 world, that’s high praise. The real question is whether he knows or cares about higher ed, because we know Kitz doesn’t.
One strategy for UO is to make nice with the K-12 reformers by signalling how invested we are in K-12 outreach and improvement. Maybe scale up the SAIL program right quick. Our provost should reach out to the guy who runs it.