Los Angeles has just chosen a businessman with no education experience as its new school superintendent in hopes of making a fresh start—a move that some have questioned. But more important than experience is whether a school chief is asking the right questions. Predictably, critics are pointing to Beutner’s lack of education experience. “That’s an interesting anti-school concept—that anyone can run a school district because schools aren’t working well,” scoffed one dissenting school board member. But he also wanted to bring coherence to the school curriculum.

Source: Forbes May 07, 2018 17:15 UTC