How do you transform dozens of school systems that have been underperforming? How do you engage teachers, school boards, politicians, parents and students to reform an education system in dire need of improvement? Our guest this week is John White, who's career has taken him all over the country dramatically improving eduction results everywhere he's been. As the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education for a decade, the turnaround was staggering. John left his post in March of 2020 and is now a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education and Human Development. John gave terrific answers on our failure to prioritize students during this pandemic, his day 1 magic wand improvements, the role of teacher unions and a lot more.

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