We need to invest in youth programs and keep our schools open until 6 PM in order to discourage kids from turning to crime in the first place. The lack of performance-based accountability. There is no substitute for monetary and material resources for the school system. Both accountability and resources are necessary for the public school system to be a success. Principals must be held accountable for the educational performance of the children in their schools.
Good principals are successful at supervising and motivating teachers to excel.
They are also resourceful at acquiring outside resources and program funding for special initiatives in their schools. My administration would advocate for the creation of school-based councils involving parents, community and faculty. I would also promote the development of a Leadership Recruitment and Development program for the public schools. The system needs to identify good teachers who would make good supervisors and administrators. We are not grooming teachers who have the potential to become good leaders.