From the memoirs of Joseph Batory My father died in 1980 without ever knowing that his son would become a Superintendent of Schools. I am sure that the very idea would have delighted him, but he never got to see it happen. Early in 1984, I was the newly appointed and at the time, the […]
Read more "The lessons of a father!!!!"From the memoirs of Joseph Batory By Joseph Batory Way back in June of 1960, when I finished high school, I saw three future choices: One was to attend Philadelphia’s La Salle College (not then a university), which had accepted me for admission as a member of its Class of 1964 (beginning in September of […]
Read more "Joey goes to college!!!!"When you’re poor, you know it and escaping poverty is not easy!!!!!!!! It is tragic that 70+ years beyond my days of growing up poor in Philadelphia, that the latest U.S. Census has revealed that 43 million Americans still live in poverty. It is much too easy for each of us to ignore those less […]
Read more "From the memoirs of Joseph Batory"Published in the American Association of School Administrators Magazine February, 2025 By Joseph P. Batory Back in 1984, I became the superintendent of schools in Upper Darby, located just outside of Philadelphia. This was hardly planned. Within a span of four years, two formidable superintendents in Upper Darby had succumbed to heart attacks because of […]
Read more "About Those Endless School Administrator Meetings"World Polio Day on Saturday, October 24, commemorates a medical achievement of the highest level. The polio epidemic was occurring here in the USA and around the world during the latter half of the 20th century. How bad was it? Well, in the 1980s, there were 1,000 new cases of this crippling disease every day […]
Read more "Rotary’s Remarkable War on Polio"Rowan University Graduate Level Scholarships —–2025 – Joan Batory Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Studies —–2025 Joseph Batory Ed Leadership Scholarship —–2026 Joseph Batory Ed Leadership Scholarship —–2026 Joan Batory Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Studies Rowan University Undergraduate Scholarships —–2026 College of Education —–2026 College of Education —–2026 College of Education Drexel University Graduate Level Scholarship […]
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