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Roosevelt Latest in Trend of Nontraditional SuperintendentsIf contract negotiations are successful, on August 15 Mark Roosevelt will become the latest in a string of nontraditional hires for the position of school district superintendent. According to an Associated Press report, about a dozen districts nationwide--including Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore--have hired candidates with backgrounds in business, the military, or public policy, rather than strictly education. Roosevelt will take over Pittsburgh Public School District having never held a superintendent position or teaching position. He served in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1986 to 1994, during which he served four years as House chairman of the Joint Committee on Education. He co-authored that state's landmark education reform law, which strengthened high school graduation requirements, established curriculums for key subjects and required schools to test students in essential subjects and report the results to the public. Nontraditional superintendents often succeed because of their "fresh set of eyes," or lack of experience in the education system, according to Tim Quinn of the Broad Foundation, where Rooselvelt attended a ten-month training course for urban superintendents.
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