The education research group Education Sector has hired Richard Lee Colvin, the head of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College, Columbia University, as its new executive director. Mr. Colvin had led the Hechinger Institute since 2003. He previously covered education issues as a reporter and editor for 14 years at the Los Angeles Times.
A version of this article appeared in the January 19, 2011 edition of Education Week as Education Sector Names Leader
