ECS Appoints President; Panel Speaks to Findings
A university president and former deputy U.S. secretary of education in the Bush administration has been named the president of the Education Commission of the States, organization officials announced during a meeting here last week.
The appointment of Ted Sanders, currently the president of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, was approved during a Nov. 15 meeting of ECS steering committee members. Mr. Sanders, who has also served as the chief state school officer in Nevada, Illinois, and Ohio, plans to begin his work at the Denver-based ECS on Feb. 1.
"I'm excited to begin," Mr. Sanders said in an interview after the announcement. "This is something I've always wanted to do if...
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