Andrew Marra's article on Palm Beach County's School Superintendent Robert Avossa

Andrew Marra at the Extra Credit blog has a very interesting article today (6/25) about PBC's new school superintendent—a must read. Here is a short excerpt:

     The county’s school system is the highest-rated large school district in Florida, with a higher graduation rate than the state average. On paper, [Robert] Avossa said, it seems to be succeeding.
     “From 30,000 feet, I would argue that Palm Beach County is doing fine,” [emphasis added] he said.
     But, he said, he suspects too many categories of children are underperforming and being left behind by the county’s schools.
     Part of his focus in upcoming months, he said, will be finding two or three top priorities for the county’s schools to focus on improving, and determining what metrics to use to measure progress.
     “It can’t be 60 things,” he said.