Darline P. Robles Q&A
Darline P. Robles, Ph.D., Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, joined Josephson Institute’s Board of Governors last year. As executive officer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, she leads the nation’s largest regional education service agency, serving 80 K-12 school districts and 1.7 million students.
Dr. Robles was previously chief of the Salt Lake City School District, where she closed the achievement gap, significantly reduced the dropout rate, helped raise much-needed funds for schools with high at-risk populations, and was instrumental in securing a $12 million Annenberg Challenge Grant to meet the needs of the changing student population. A $136 million school bond measure, spearheaded by Robles, passed with an overwhelming 72 percent public approval.
We asked her opinion of the new Administration cutting character education, how schools can deal with shortages of staff, and how to get re-motivated after summer vacation.
CHARACTER COUNTS!: What drew you to Josephson Institute? What are the most significant challenges facing our organization, and what do you hope to bring to the table?
Darline P. Robles: Being part of Josephson Institute provides me with the opportunity to share its goals with our 80 school districts and within my organization and to eventually have more districts adopt the CHARACTER COUNTS! curriculum.
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