'Turnaround' Principals Are the New Sheriffs in Town

'Turnaround' Principals Are the New Sheriffs in Town - ' Their mission is to take charge of a failing or struggling school and try to turn it into a model institution. These “turnaround” principals bring formal training, insight, and instincts to their jobs leading to vastly improved schools. Included: Strategies from some turnaround principals. In the old West, these principals would be the sheriffs whose badges glinted in the sun and who rode into town on white horses, determined to restore order to a place gripped by lawlessness. In the education arena, these new sheriffs in town are called “turnaround principals.” They are administrators who come into failing schools and either by instinct or training reinvent the schools so they don’t just function, but excel.'