In K.C., Tackling Education's Status Quo

George Will, Washington Post
John Covington hesitated before becoming this city’s 26th school superintendent in 40 years. A blunt-talking African American from Alabama, he attended the Broad Superintendents Academy in Los Angeles, which prepares leaders for urban school districts, and when he asked people there if he should come here, their response, he says, was: “Not ‘no,’ but ‘Hell, no!’ ” He says they suggested that when flying across the country he should take a flight that does not pass through this city’s airspace.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/24/in_kc_tackling_education039s_status_quo_254306.html

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