The State Education Department will issue a report card on every school in New York next month. It should come as no surprise.
Schools already have the data.
We have worked on this concept for nearly a year, and the idea has been discussed for many years. And yet with all of the advanced word, there will still be some caught unprepared. But it is not too late. School boards, and whole school communities for that matter, should get ahead of the report card by talking to the public about school performance. That's leadership, and a good example of how to get ahead of the Report Card.