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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): The new school year is under way in many districts around the country, an even more important time than usual, as many states get used to new testing standards and changing course work.
Teachers remain front and center in the ongoing debate over accountability and student performance. But there is new attention to the role of principals as well.
We begin a two-part look with a report from Eddie Arruza of WTTW Chicago.
ERNESTO MATIAS, Wells Community Academy: Hey, why are you messing around? Why are you messing around?
EDDIE ARRUZA: Principal Ernesto Matias runs a tight and disciplined school on Chicago's north side. Like most urban high schools, Wells has occasional problems, but nothing like what was happening when Matias first arrived five years ago.
ERNESTO MATIAS: There was a lot of conflicts, a lot of violence. There was a student walkout the year before. There were four teachers in remediation who were taken out of this building, not to return. And so that's what I stepped into, a lot of distrust, disunity, and a lot of beating up of staff members here.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Ray Suarez has the second part of our report.
RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): Some perspective now on the national picture when it comes to finding and retaining good principals and how that's changing.
Will Miller is the president of the Wallace Foundation, a national philanthropy that focuses on education for disadvantaged children. The foundation funds research, including on ways of improving principal quality.
For the record, the Wallace Foundation is also a NewsHour underwriter.
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