San Diego'sNew Chief anUnlikely Pick
The chief federal prosecutor in San Diego was named last week to head the schools in that city, the first practicing lawyer to join the growing ranks of nontraditional superintendents of large, urban districts.
U.S. Attorney Alan D. Bersin will take over the 137,000-student district this summer from retiring Superintendent Bertha O. Pendleton. His appointment ended a nine-month national search in which candidates without an education background were explicitly welcomed.
The 51-year-old lawyer, who serves as the Clinton administration's California "border czar" on immigration and drug issues but has never run an educational enterprise, was one of two finalists for the job. He was chosen over the superintendent of an urban district whose name...
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