ERIC Number: EJ929900
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1537-5749
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Army Strong, Superintendent Savvy
Mellon, Ericka
District Administration, v47 n5 p71-74, 76-77 May 2011
Brigadier General Anthony "Tony" Tata of the U.S. Army had one of those "ah-ha" moments in April 2006 when, on the eve of an operation he was heading in Afghanistan, an Al Qaeda rocket shattered a nearby school. The attack killed a teacher and seven students and wounded dozens more. The rocket incident eventually nudged Tata toward a new mission: improving public education in America. After retiring from the military in 2009, Tata became the chief operating officer of the District of Columbia Public Schools. A year and a half later, in December 2010, his reputation as a direct communicator and level-headed leader earned him the top job at the nation's 18th-largest district, the Wake County (North Carolina) Public School System.
Descriptors: Military Personnel, War, Foreign Countries, Emotional Experience, Career Change, Public Education, School Administration, Career Development, Superintendents, Leadership Styles, Organizational Communication, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Afghanistan; District of Columbia; North Carolina
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