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Parents for Public Schools, a national network of parents who push for better public education, has appointed Amina J. Shahid-El as its interim executive director.

Since joining PPS in 1998, Ms. Shahid-El, 48, served as the organization's special-projects coordinator and as a regional director responsible for the development of rural PPS chapters. Although the parents' group is based in Jackson, Miss., Ms. Shahid-El works from an office in Fountain, N.C.

Before working for PPS, Ms. Shahid-El was the manager of corporate services for the LBA Group Inc., an international telecommunications company...

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