Don't insult (outgoing Madison Superintendent) Nerad's social work background

Chris Rickert:

A comment in Tuesday's story about the resignation of Madison schools Superintendent Dan Nerad caught me short.

"You can't behave as a social worker and run a massive complex organization," said Don Severson, head of the conservative watchdog group Active Citizens for Education.

Nerad is a former social worker and, apparently, Severson didn't think his background did him much good.

I'm bothered by this on two levels.

First, Severson's comment speaks to a long-standing disrespect for the profession and what Kristen Slack, director of the UW-Madison School of Social Work, called an occasional "misunderstanding."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 30, 2012 1:35 AM
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