Opinion: The serious risks of an ‘insufficiently robust’ search for MSCS superintendent
Kristy Sullivan
Kristy Sullivan is a lifelong Memphian and mother of two. She is a project director for The New Teacher Project and a longtime public education advocate.
“There are those who would have us look no further than the leaders right in front of our face and there are those who think anyone who is already here is somehow inadequate. The truth is that both of those perspectives fail to see the full picture.”
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