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LAUSD Superintendent Deasy Out
LAUSD superintendent John Deasy resigned this morning. Former superintendent Ray Cortines is stepping in until the school board finds a permanent replacement. For the past three-and-a-half years, Deasy’s been a divisive leader. He oversaw significant improvements in student test scores.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLAUSD superintendent John Deasy resigned this morning. Former superintendent Ray Cortines is stepping in until the school board finds a permanent replacement. For the past three-and-a-half years, Deasy’s been a divisive leader. He oversaw significant improvements in student test scores. But he also alienated teachers and botched two big technology projects.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Steve Zimmer
LA Unified School District; candidate for School Board District 4 seat
Judith Perez
president of Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, the union representing principals and their assistants
Charles Taylor Kerchner
professor emeritus at Claremont Graduate University. He’s the author of “Learning from L.A: Institutional Change in American Public Education” and writes the blog “On California” for Education Week