Mission accomplished

There's a class of itinerant professional administrators who spend entire careers jumping from place to place selling new policy gimmicks to public institutions and then bailing before they have to deal with the question of whether or not their product actually benefited anyone.  All that matters is that they've implemented a program and gotten their name everywhere. Then it's off to start over at the next gig. 

Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White is certainly one of these people.  And now "rumor has it"  his tour of duty in Louisiana  is coming to an end as bigger and better resume padding opportunities loom.

Rumors have persisted for several days now that White would be leaving his post at the end of the current legislative session, which must adjourn by June 6.

Those rumors reached a new pitch on Wednesday with word that White would be headed “for Duncanland” in June.

For those unfamiliar with the Obama cabinet, “Duncanland” would be Washington where Arne Duncan serves as Secretary of Education.

Before joining the Obama administration, Duncan served as chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools whence controversial former Recovery School District Superintendent Paul Vallas came.