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 prepandemic 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.
