Editorial: Fixing California's schools is tough work, and Tony Thurmond needs to be tougher (via latimesopinion)
who oversees the Department of Education and an education advisor to the governor. It would have a single appointed secretary of education — just as it has an appointed health and human services secretary— who manages the department and reports to the governor’s appointed state school board. That way, there would be a clear line of responsibility and policy from the governor on down.
The state’s current superintendent, Tony Thurmond, has been unfortunately lacking on that very front, and it was most noticeable over the last year and half when the state’s schools most needed guidance and a firm hand. Leading during a global health crisis would have been a challenge for anyone, but Thurmond’s lack of experience in leadership made him particularly weak at guiding schools through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newsom isn’t one to share the limelight in the best of times, but it was clear that even behind the scenes, the governor was not relying on the schools superintendent to shape policy. Thurmond was absent from various news events about the schools. This was especially noticeable during the governor’s recent announcement of
Next year, Thurmond will be expending time and effort on his campaign to be reelected to another four-year term. But if he wants to earn that term, mending the department, which reportedly has been frozen into near-inaction on some fronts, will be just one of the many failings he’ll need to overcome.
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