Superintendent turnover is increasing and gender gaps are barely budging, but accurately assessing the consequences remains a challenge
- Written by Rachel S. White, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Tennessee
A crowd of parents in Orange County, Calif., protest the firing of Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen.Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesPublic school superintendents are having a moment, and for many of them, the moment is neither super nor what they intended.
During the last several years, tense school board meetings where...





