Alberto M. Carvalho

Alberto M. Carvalho has served as Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest school system, since February 2022. He is the longest-serving superintendent in Los Angeles Unified in over two decades, having been unanimously selected by the Board of Education following a comprehensive community engagement process and nationwide search, and unanimously reappointed in September 2025. Under his leadership, Los Angeles Unified has realized historic academic progress, with students achieving double-digit increases in performance across core subjects, surpassing pre-pandemic levels and setting new records in state assessments. Superintendent Carvalho also led the development and implementation of the 2022-2026 Ready for the World Strategic Plan, which has anchored a number of the District’s transformative initiatives, including the Education Transformation Office, the Cultural Arts Passport, and the Family Academy. In addition, Superintendent Carvalho successfully secured voter approval of a $9 billion school bond – one of the largest in the nation – to modernize and safeguard schools for generations to come. His tenure at Los Angeles Unified has been marked by strengthened partnerships, including 10 education compacts with local municipalities, expanded sustainability efforts through greener campuses, and upgraded credit ratings that have generated millions in savings for classrooms and students. Prior to his arrival in Los Angeles, Superintendent Carvalho led Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) for 14 years, garnering local, state, national, and international recognition. His honors include being named Florida’s 2014 Superintendent of the Year, the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year, the 2016 Magnet Schools of America Superintendent of the Year, the 2016 winner of the Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education, the 2018 National Urban Superintendent of the Year, and the 2019 National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Superintendent of the Year.