Melissa Westbrook:

Interesting article in last week’s Times about the Superintendent over in Bellevue. First, she’s never been a superintendent before; Bellevue got to her come from her consulting business in California. Two, she says she’s doing this one gig and then going back to consulting. (She was allowed to still keep that job as president something that seems to bother some. The State Auditor found no issue with her hiring of a colleague to work as an education consultant.)
What makes her most interesting is this:

The first-time superintendent is engaged in a bold move to change the teaching culture in a district that has already gained a reputation for excellence, with all five of its high schools regularly winning national acclaim.
But it’s that very reputation, the school board believes, that has masked an important failure: reaching students at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder in a district that’s far more diverse than many may realize.
Cudeiro believes a philosophy she honed over eight years of consulting work could close the divide.