Candidate Del Valle breaks with the past. Promises educator will run CPS.
Former CPS head Arne Duncan's ed background included playing basketball at Harvard.
In a sharp break with the recent past, Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel Del Valle has promised to select an educator to run the Chicago Public Schools.
The two most recent CPS bosses have been Arne Duncan and Ron Huberman. Duncan was not an educator. Ron Huberman was Daley’s gofer, with employment experience that ranged from cop to chief of staff to head of the Chicago bus and el system.
In a statement today, Del Valle said,
“The Chicago Public Schools system faces numerous challenges that will require strong leadership to implement the necessary changes to improve our schools. This calls for a nationwide search to find such a talented, committed,
