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Lack of Communication | JD2718

Lack of Communication | JD2718:

Lack of Communication

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 PM30 11:40 PM


100 schools in New York City report that their principal does not “encourage open communication on important school issues.”
Trailing all, not a single teacher responding to the survey at Bushwick Ascend Charter School agreed that their principal encourages communication. Foundations Academy high school in Brooklyn, where no one trusts the principal, no surprise that over 80% doesn’t think the principal communicates openly, either. Over 80% of the teachers CS102 in District 12 in the Bronx (also topping the no trust list) and the Urban Assembly Unison middle school in Brooklyn (what?  the Unison School?) also claim their principals don’t encourage open communication.
The other 100+ are scattered across the city – all levels, almost all districts. The full list follows.
Now, I don’t place much stock in these surveys. The flip, all positive answers from a school, are