Personnel Moves Pick Up at Ed. Dept.

With Margaret Spellings in place as the new U.S. secretary of education, further staff changes are afoot in her department, including the naming of David Dunn, a White House domestic-policy aide, as the secretary’s chief of staff.

The Department of Education last week also announced the appointment of two deputy chiefs of staff. Meanwhile, the list of leadership vacancies has grown with the departure late last month of Maria Hernandez Ferrier, who was the director of the department’s office of English-language acquisition for nearly three years.

The choice of Mr. Dunn, 48, as the chief of staff should come as little surprise. His association with Ms. Spellings dates back to their days in Texas. In fact, he held the same position at the Texas Association of School Boards—associate executive director for government relations—that Ms. Spellings once held...