Harold Kwalwasser

Harold Kwalwasser is the former General Counsel of the Los Angeles Unified

School District. He is an expert on school management issues and education

policy and politics. He currently consults and writes on education reform. His

new book, Renewal, Remaking America’s Schools for the 21st Century, is his

analysis of forty high performing and transforming schools and districts across

America and what they can tell parents as well as educators about the future

direction of school reform.

Prior to his work in education, Kwalwasser served as Deputy General Counsel/

Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense. He has also been the CEO

of a software development company, political consultant, and a partner in a Los

Angeles law firm. He is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale Law School.