New principals will no longer be given tenure, but contracts. Like the rest of us, if they make the grade they'll keep their job. If they don't, they'll be fired. To further increase accountability, we will strengthen teacher evaluations, develop a mentoring program, and help those teachers who struggle with our new, tough evaluations. Next, we will give parents a School Accountability Report Card.
Parents know little about the success or failure of their child's school.
We are going to change that. From now on, every year parents will receive an accountability report card on their child's school. We will hold schools accountable to the public and to the families they serve. Finally, for too many years, too much money has gone to administrative costs and not to the classroom. My budget changes that.