Commentary: King is a safe choice, but was she the right one?
LA School Report | January 13, 2016
Your donation will help us produce journalism like this. Please give today.
By Steve Lopez
No question about it. The selection of Michelle King as superintendent of Los Angeles Unified comes with what PR folks call a nice narrative.
King, 54, attended district schools as a student, got her first job as an LAUSD student aide in 1978, became a teacher and a principal, and worked her way up to second-in-command under the last two superintendents.
We all want to root for someone who came up through the ranks, right?
But does any of that make her the best choice — or even a good choice — to lead the district?
Read Next
-
Trump’s Massive Deportation Database Puts Students at Risk, Advocates Warn
-
Delays in California Youth Mental Health Program Threaten Gains in School
-
COMMENTARY
The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools
-
Q&A: LAUSD Board Member Tanya Ortiz Franklin Talks Budget, Enrollment and Safety
-
COMMENTARY
Teaching Students Why Cinco de Mayo Matters for Our Democracy
-
The ‘Science of Reading’ Won’t be Required in California Schools, At Least for Now
-
A Thoroughly Modern L.A. Unified Principal Uses Instagram to Build School Spirit — And ...
-
L.A. Says It Will No Longer Have Most of its Free Childcare Centers