By Christopher J. Steinhauser, Superintendent LBUSD
A few months ago, a researcher from one of the world’s leading business consulting firms walked into my office. She wanted to know more about the Long Beach Unified School District’s successful practices. I glanced at her business card, and I thought there must have been a mistake. Her office was located in Dubai. Why would someone from an oil-rich nation 8,000 miles away be interested in Long Beach schools?
My question wasn’t fully answered until last week, when the researcher and her colleagues at the global firm McKinsey & Company released a report called “How the world’s most improved school systems keep getting better.”
The results of the study were some of the most affirming ever for Long Beach schools. Our school district was named one of the world’s 20 leading school systems – and one of the top three in the U.S. – in terms of sustained and significant improvements, in a report described as “the most comprehensive analysis of global school system reform ever assembled.”
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