If the Sup Doesn't Fit, You Must Omit

Although Nevada sup of education James W. Guthrie believes only ten percent of Nevada's 22,000 teachers are "excellent," he said 16 of the 17 state school district superintendents "passed" his "test."

However, he wonders whether he actually fits in with the state:

Guthrie said he’s not sure he is fitting in perfectly in the Silver State. He said he is driven by urgency. “Every 11 minutes, a student drops out,” Guthrie said. He also said at 76 years old, he doesn’t have time to wait for education in Nevada, found at the bottom of national education rankings, to get better.

His background in education — a policy scholar from the George W. Bush Institute, education specialist for the U.S. Senate and having worked at University of California, Berkeley; Vanderbilt University; Southern Methodist University and the University of Southern California — makes him eager to debate. It’s something that has gotten him in a bit hot water.

He's been mostly a policy flak. He has very little K-12 experience, and what there was happened many years ago.