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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I should know this, but who IS Scott Pearson? What’s his deal?[/quote]

Well, here's his bio.

Scott Pearson is the Executive Director of the DC Public Charter School Board (DCPCSB). Since joining DCPCSB in 2012, Mr. Pearson has implemented significant reforms in how the Board approves and oversees charter schools, making it a national model for charter school authorizing.  Under Mr. Pearson’s leadership, DCPCSB has pioneered new strategies, tough and rigorous oversight and best practices that other authorizers around the nation are adopting. Previously, Mr. Pearson served in the Obama Administration as the Deputy of the Office of Innovation and Improvement for the U.S. Department of Education.

Also, he co-founded Leadership Public Schools, a network of college-prep public charter high schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Pearson has a long career in business.  At America Online, he was responsible for acquisitions and strategic planning as the company’s Vice President for Corporate Development.  At Bain and Company, Mr. Pearson provided strategic management consulting services to clients in education, healthcare, media, and aviation. He currently is the Board Chair of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA). Mr. Pearson holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Wesleyan University, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.[/quote]

Ugh. Sounds smug. These people who come out of Bain, McKinsey etc but who never actually worked in those fields just rub me the wrong way.[/quote]

Yup. This bio explains a lot. Give money to more of his own kind, shark oil salesmen with MBAs promising to “crack the code”. DC is full of these types. And they’re all full of crap. Let’s get him out.[/quote]

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