LACCD Trustee Nichelle Henderson wants to be California’s top schools chief

Los Angeles Community College District Trustee Nichelle Henderson has joined a growing list of candidates who have formally announced their run to become California’s next top schools chief.
The 56-year-old Henderson, who said she’d be the first Black woman to serve as state superintendent of public instruction if elected, has nearly three decades of experience in public education.
Henderson teaches in a California State University teacher preparation program in Fresno. Earlier in he