August 25, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 14, 2007
Gail Connelly has been appointed the executive director of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Association of Elementary School Principals.
August 1, 2007
Larry G. Stinson has become the associate commissioner of the office of district support services for the Kentucky Department of Education.
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.
