Teachers Want Obama as Principal for a Day

This is the latest work by Mason Fetzer. I love his art. This piece will be at the Manifest Hope DC art show prior to inauguration. 

Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby headed up the list of prominent people that K-8 teachers would most like to be their principal for the day. The list, compiled by Northpoint Horizons, a Chicago-based educational publisher, was part of a national survey in which the company asked teachers to describe the key challenges they face and things they need to be successful in their classroom routine.
"We knew this question would offer insights into teachers' most pressing concerns," said NPH Director of Marketing Linda Schilling. "While the list of principals was quite diverse, most of our respondents shared a common theme: The need for a role model who can inspire and champion their efforts to improve the quality of education in their classrooms, schools and society."
Top ten vote-getters included: Barack Obama; Oprah Winfrey; Bill Cosby; Abraham Lincoln; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Bill Gates; Hillary Clinton; Benjamin Franklin and John F. Kennedy. George Bush was also mentioned " ... so he could see firsthand how NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and its mandates have impacted teachers and students." Runners-up included Ronald Reagan, Gandhi, Marva Collins, Maya Angelou, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Clooney and Mike Ditka. Read more at Earth Times.