Latest update 8/21/06
This page is for persons outside the Metropolitan Nashville school system to realize perspective on the administration of Pedro Garcia, Director of Schools.
A former competitor of Garcia, Dave Shearon, has a whole different approach to personnel. Instead of top-down control he advocated teachers' professionalism. He still takes occasional--accurate--potshots at Garcia See one here.
For the best comprehensive study of the early part of Garcia's term, the Nashville Post provided in-depth analysis. Click here for the story.
The major daily newspaper in Nashville is the Tennessean. Searching the archives for 2002 indicates major tactics, repeated from earlier jobs, of the then new Director. Keep in mind that the Tennessean is to Garcia what Fox News is to George Bush. Searching in 2003-2005 indicates what happens after the "change agent" part of Garcia's administration ends. www.tennessean.com is the link.
The year 2002 contains the most stories because it was the time of greatest change. That year, the Nashville Scene awarded Garcia the title of "Nashvillian of the Year." This link points to typical public relations puffery of 2002.