In the mid-'90s, PSG had a contract to run the Minneapolis public schools and Hutchinson served as the superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools. In 2004, he and David Osborne wrote The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis. In 2008, Hutchinson was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
During the mid-1990s, PSG managed Minneapolis public schools, and Hutchinson served as superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools.  In 2004, he collaborated with David Osborne on the book "The Price of Government: Getting the Results We Need in an Age of Permanent Fiscal Crisis." In 2008, Hutchinson was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.