Organization to Recruit 40 Principals in New Orleans
February 6, 2007
A national nonprofit organization led by Jon Schnur, a former education adviser to President Clinton, will recruit and train 40 school principals in New Orleans in the next four years, The Times-Picayune, a New Orleans newspaper, reports.
Supported by $4-million in donations, including $2-million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, the new organization—New Leaders for New Schools, in New York—has placed 230 principals and assistant principals in six cities nationwide and is training another 100.
The group needs $5.35-million to run the program in New Orleans during the next four years, Mr. Schnur said.
