State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley, who just passed the six-month mark on the job, is winning praise even from some education groups that were less than enthusiastic about his selection.
Brumley s willingness to listen to a wide variety of views on often-contentious public school issues in the midst of a pandemic was cited by leaders of several organizations asked for an early assessment. He is very accessible, said Barry Erwin, president of the Council for a Better Louisiana.
Brumley narrowly landed the job on May 20 on the third vote by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
He started on June 8, about three months into a pandemic that has played havoc with Louisiana s public school system and its roughly 720,000 students.
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