White House Author

Dr. Daniel King is the Superintendent of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, which serves more than 32,000 students in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Dr. King has implemented a comprehensive approach to drop-out prevention and recovery, as well as a systemic scale-up of dual enrollment and Early College High Schools. The results have been staggering: Over the past few years, the district's four-year graduation rate increased from 62.4% to 90.1%. Dr. King looks forward to continuing to increase educational attainment for students in his district, the vast majority of whom are Latino