The Minneapolis school board voted Tuesday to open Minnesota’s first school run by its teachers.
The French-immersion elementary school, targeted to open in 2011 in north Minneapolis, would be the state’s first “self-governed” school, an option approved by the Legislature last year in hopes of improving student achievement.
As a former teacher — having experienced the hindrances (to the students) of the administration’s bureaucratic red tape — this sounds like a beautifully ideal setup, in theory; but I can’t help but wonder how well it will play out. Thoughts? Pit holes? Just as we complain that people with great knowledge don’t necessarily make good teachers, and people with great experience don’t necessarily make good managers, are teachers necessarily equipped to run a school? Perhaps they are indeed. Perhaps not.



Latest comment — John: It depends on how it's organized. What happens if teacher A thinks it should be one way, and teacher B another. Someone's got to be in ...