LA Unified Selects a District Insider as New Superintendent

In the search for a new Superintendent, LA's elected school board paid a head-hunting firm to search the nation. Now the search is over — and the winner is Michelle King. She started out as a student aide at LAUSD, became a teacher, a principal — and finally the chief deputy to the last two superintendents. All seven board members made the choice unanimous.

Michelle King holds her first news conference

after being named Superintendent of LAUSD