Use incentives People make schools work. There are things the public school system in Jacksonville could do from a personnel standpoint to make the schools work better.
Principals are the pivot point in management.
Based on policies set by the School Board, as implemented by the superintendent, the principals run the schools, working with the teachers. In an audit of the school system's effectiveness, SchoolMatch found that principals have too little authority and accountability to be as effective as they could be. The New Century Commission on Education, which nearly has finished its deliberations, seems to agree. A committee suggested that linking the annual evaluation of principals to the academic performances of their schools would be advantageous. Hand in hand with changes in the principal's job must be changes in the way teachers carry out their duties.