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Updated: November 20, 2008 For Michelle A. Rhee, exposing mismanagement, incompetence, and wide disparities in teaching quality has been a deliberate tactic as she builds her case to overhaul one of the nation’s most beleaguered school districts.

Don Vardell

August 15, 2007 Don Vardell has become the executive director of the Excel Academy in Conroe, Tex., for the Aspen Education Group, a Cerritos, Calif.-based organization that provides boarding schools, camps, and wilderness programs that blend education and therapy.

Suzanne E. Walsh

August 15, 2007 Suzanne E. Walsh has become the program director for the Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based organization that aims to improve access to higher education.

Lynn M. Cornett

August 14, 2007 Lynn M. Cornett has retired as the senior vice president for educational policies at the Atlanta-based Southern Regional Education Board, a nonprofit organization that works to improve education in 16 states.

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri

August 14, 2007 Gov. Donald L. Carcieri of Rhode Island has joined the board of directors of the Washington-based Achieve Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps schools strengthen assessment and improve accountability.

Rochelle Wimpfheimer

August 14, 2007 Rochelle Wimpfheimer has become the executive director of the New York City-based Partnership for After School Education, a program that helps support after-school programs for youths in the city.

Gail Connelly

August 14, 2007 Gail Connelly has been appointed the executive director of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Larry G. Stinson

August 1, 2007 Larry G. Stinson has become the associate commissioner of the office of district support services for the Kentucky Department of Education.

Ken L. Draut

August 1, 2007 Ken L. Draut has been named the associate commissioner of the office of assessment and accountability for the Kentucky Department of Education.

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