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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Profiles of the Other Three Board of Education Candidates
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The most recent issue of the Teaneck Suburbanite included an item providing profiles of the other three candidates for the Teaneck Board of Education. Voters will choose three candidates from the six running for office to fill three-year terms of office as well as voting on the budget for the 2009-10 school year. Click here for a consolidated article at the Suburbanite’s web site with profiles of all six candidates.
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Howard Rose
Howard Rose, of Northumberland Avenue, is a 29-year township resident. He is the owner of Brier Rose Books on Cedar Lane and for more than 25 years was an administrator at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Cardozo School of Law and other academic institutions. He has a bachelor’s degree from City College and a master’s in counseling from Manhattan College. Rose serves on the planning board and the financial advisory board and is a member of the board of directors of Teaneck Comes Together. Both of his children attended the district schools, K-12.
Rose believes that his background in academic administration, which includes fiscal management, will be an asset to the board.
He favors curriculum reform but prefers to build on existing programs rather than fashion new ones.
“Instead of trying to re-invent the wheel, we should be greasing the axle of the wheel we have already in order to facilitate student instruction,” he said.
The ACT Initiative is a step in the right direction, Rose said, but he seeks greater accountability, noting that for several years the board has informed residents that the results are not yet available. “Change unmeasured is change unconfirmed,” he notes.
Rose also seeks to improve communications between the district and parents. “We need to spark a sustained dialog by ongoing programs that teach parents the educational skills to engage their children.”
Posted by Alan Sohn at 10:12 PM
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