2023 Laureate · K-12 Education
Debra Duardo
Superintendent, Los Angeles County Office of Education
Citation
Recipient of the 2023 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education — K-12 Education.
Biography
As superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Debra Duardo has made the nation's largest county education agency a hub of innovation, championing student mental health, attendance and services for the county's most vulnerable young people. Her own path from high school dropout to superintendent informs her insistence that every student deserves a second chance.
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