Paul Vallas

Paul Vallas strikes me as a man who deliberately ran toward broken systems. Leading the Chicago and Philadelphia school districts, then the storm-battered Recovery School District in Louisiana, he built a career out of taking over the hardest jobs in American public education. That kind of work guarantees critics, and reform-minded administrators rarely leave office beloved. But I respect the willingness to shoulder responsibility for something as consequential as how children learn. His later run for Chicago mayor only underscores a long, combative commitment to the city that raised him. Whatever one makes of his methods, the conviction is hard to dismiss.

Name (English)

Paul Vallas

Name (Japanese)

ポール・ヴァラス

Reading

ぽーる・ゔぁらす

Born

June 10, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

politician / school superintendent

High school

Carl Sandburg High School

University

Western Illinois University

• Official sitehttps://vallasforallchicago.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/paulvallas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Vallas
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372334

Tags

• Illinois
• politician
• school superintendent

Last updated

2026-06-21

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