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Episode Synopsis "Deep Dive - Episode One: Former Superintendent John White"
For the first episode of LABI's Deep Dive, Stephen Waguespack sits down with Louisiana's outgoing Superintendent of Education, John White. The two discuss White's roots in Washington D.C., his work as an educator in New Jersey and New York, and what it takes to transform Louisiana's educational system. As we rethink delivery of education and workforce training in the midst of this pandemic, the debut episode of Deep Dive is especially timely. It was recorded before the far-reaching effects of the "Stay-at-Home" order, but the lessons most definitely apply. Speaking about education reform that followed Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, White said in the interview, "There's a burst of energy in government, in politics, in public service and in business that comes with responding to great tragedies and great catastrophes... The real question is, how do you sustain that momentum without needing that sort of catastrophic and catalytic event? I think you do it through focus, and through an unwavering sense that our people, our businesses, our communities, our students, our children can and should be on a level playing field with anyone in this country. And the minute you start compromising on that simple idea... then you go back. And it won't be until another horrible event happens that we begin to get the resurgence of energy."
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