Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents - Wait, What?

Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents - Wait, What?:

Goose vs. Gander: The double standard for teachers and superintendents

by jonpelto

Last week, Hartford’s Superintendent of Schools, Christina Kishimoto, sent a letter to the Hartford Board of Education (her employer) saying,

“I will not engage in political debate with board members…My duty, my sole concern, is for the academic and career success of our Hartford school children and youth.”

Meanwhile, rather than take calls from the media, she directed that all calls about the situation be referred to her attorney.

Although the immediate debate was about whether Kishimoto was communicating sufficiently with the Hartford Board of Education, the real impetus behind the