Los Angeles Unified board hires five key administrators at Deasy's request
By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
New Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy has assembled an executive team that he says will assert a laserlike focus on instruction, but some have assailed the cost as well as ties to outside groups and philanthropies expected to pay for many of these positions. The superintendent's picks for top staff shed light on his priorities for the nation's second-largest school system. Three top administrators will play key roles in revamping the training and evaluation of teachers and in helping students who are learning English. The makeup of his new team also suggests increased attention will go to using data and to supporting charter schools, which are operated independent of direct district control. (more...)
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