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Marshall Tuck

Marshall Tuck is an American educator, former CEO of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools,[1] former President of the Green Dot Public Schools,[2] and candidate for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2018.

Early life and education

Tuck was born in Burlingame, California, and grew up in Hillsborough. He attended parochial elementary school and public middle and high schools. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a teacher.[3]

Tuck graduated from UCLA and Harvard Business School.[4] After school, he worked for two years at Wall Street Bank Salomon Brothers [5]before spending a year teaching and doing service work internationally.[6] He then became a senior leader at Model N, a revenue management software company[7] based in the Silicon Valley, before switching careers.[6]

Education career

Tuck was an education advisor to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.[8]

In 2007, he became the founding CEO of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a collaboration between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, which began by operating 10 schools[9].

The contract between Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s office and the Los Angeles Unified School District eventually included 17 struggling elementary, middle, and high schools serving about 15,000 students[10]. Tuck claims these schools raised four-year graduation rates by more than 60%, had the highest academic improvement among California’s school systems with more than 10,000 students.[11] and boasted the Parent College, a parent engagement program.[12] But a Los Angeles Times analysis “found a mixed record at the schools...Overall, the mayor’s schools have performed comparably to district schools with similar demographics.” [13] In 2013, after running the Partnership for over five years, at least half the Partnership’s schools were 100 points below the state average in student achievement. [14] However, a recent report by a third-party research institute found that- after 10 years- the Partnership was a "unique turnaround model" that was "driving big gains at struggling campuses[15]."

Prior to that Tuck had served as President of the Charter Management Organization (CMO) Green Dot Public Schools, where he helped to create 10 new public charter high schools in some of Los Angeles' poorest neighborhoods.[2]

Most recently Tuck was an Educator-in-Residence at the New Teacher Center, a nonprofit organization working with school districts to help develop and retain effective teachers and principals.[16]

2014 election for State Superintendent

In 2014, Tuck ran a campaign against the incumbent State Superintendent of Public Instruction in California.

Tuck was among the top two vote-getters in the primary[17]. In the general election, he lost to incumbent Tom Torlakson, receiving about 48% of the vote (2.9 million votes).

2018 election for State Superintendent

In March 2017, Tuck announced that he would run again for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2018.[18] While the role of State Superintendent in California is nonpartisan, Tuck is a Democrat.[18] At the California State Democratic Party convention in February, 2018, he was “roundly booed” during his speech. [19] He received 5% of the votes of delegates while his opponent, Tony Thurmond, received 89%, and 6% voted for No Endorsement.[20]

Tuck was endorsed by the San Francisco Chronicle[21], the San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times[22], the Association of California School Administrators, President Obama's Education Secretary Arne Duncan, forty-year Bay Area Congressman George Miller, San Diego Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, San Francisco State Senator Scott Wiener, Los Angeles Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, among others[23]. Tuck has raised over $2 million from over 2,000 individual donors, including maximum allowable donations from well known supporters of charter schools such as the California Charter Schools Association Advocates, Alice Walton of the Walmart fortune, John and Regina Scully, Doris Fisher of The Gap, Meg and Peter Chernin, John Arnold formerly of Enron, Michael Bloomberg, and others.[24]

In January 2018, there were multiple reports that Tuck had accepted donations from an anti-gay activist[25] [26]. The campaign returned the money[27].

References

  1. ^ Dawson, Christopher. "Interview: Marshall Tuck, CEO of the Partnership for LA Schools | ZDNet". ZDNet. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  2. ^ a b "Essential Education: L.A. schools Supt. Michelle King reiterates push for 100% graduation". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  3. ^ "When Will School Reform Become a Wedge Issue for Democrats?". Sacramento Bee.
  4. ^ "Marshall Tuck - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. ^ "State Schools Chief Challenger Marshall Tuck Wants to Change Sacramento, If He Can Get There".
  6. ^ a b "Marshall Tuck for State Superintendent". Marshall Tuck. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  7. ^ "A Great Divide: The Election Fight for California's Schools". Capital & Main.
  8. ^ "Villaraigosa Wins Bid to Take Over Seven LAUSD Schools". Daily News.
  9. ^ "Who We Are | The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools". The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  10. ^ Dawson, Christopher. "Interview: Marshall Tuck, CEO of the Partnership for LA Schools | ZDNet". ZDNet. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  11. ^ Lundquist, Melanie (2014-01-28). "The Education of Marshall Tuck and the Making of a Run for California's Chief Education Office". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  12. ^ "LA schools use 'Parent College' as tool to boost student achievement". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  13. ^ "Villaraigosa's Impact on L.A. Unified". Los Angeles Times.
  14. ^ "Why Antonio Villaraigosa Fell Short as L.A.'s Education Mayor". KPCC Southern California Public Radio.
  15. ^ "As the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools turns 10, a new report shows this unique turnaround model is driving big gains at struggling campuses | LA School Report". laschoolreport.com. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  16. ^ Agbalog, Romeo. "2015 An Evening for Kern County". www.kerncitizens.org. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  17. ^ "Statewide Direct Primary Election - Statement of Vote, June 3, 2014 | California Secretary of State". www.sos.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  18. ^ a b "Marshall Tuck running again for California schools chief: 'We've settled for mediocrity'". sacbee. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  19. ^ "Winners and Losers at Democratic Party Convention". Fox and Hounds Daily.
  20. ^ "CDP Endorsements - Statewide Results" (PDF). CalMatters.
  21. ^ "Editorial: Marshall Tuck for state schools chief". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  22. ^ "Editorial: Elect reformer Marshall Tuck state schools chief". The Mercury News. 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  23. ^ "Supporters - Marshall Tuck". Marshall Tuck. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  24. ^ "Cal-Access - Donations over $5000". California Secretary of State.
  25. ^ "California School Privatizers' Ideal Superintendent Is Tied to Anti-Gay Crusaders". The Progressive.
  26. ^ "State Superintendent Candidate Marshall Tuck Returns Donation From Anti-LGBT Funder". EdSource.
  27. ^ "State superintendent candidate Marshall Tuck returns donation from anti-LGBT funder". EdSource. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
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