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...Robert Peterkin has a job that may be one of the most difficult in the country. And he is leaving it for one that might prove even harder...
Since 1988, Peterkin has served as the superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools, where he has faced the entire range of headaches known to urban school administrators, from political infighting to racial conflict to underprepared students...
Next fall, Peterkin, formerly Cambridge schools superintendent, is returning east, this time to head up an innovative School of Education program designed to train future generations of city school superintendents...
...Peterkin says that in addition to academic work, he plans to prepare future administrators for the stormy political relationships between school boards and superintendents that often lead to early resignations. Through a required internship, students will be exposed to the formidable political realities of education administration, Peterkin says...
...Although Peterkin is widely priased in Milwaukee, he has not escaped his share of controversy there. His innovative proposal to set up special schools for Black males has drawn both approval and condemnation. And his decision to leave his post for the Harvard job has generated some negative reaction...