Written by former Senate education staffer and journalist Alexander Russo, This Week in Education covers education news, policymakers, and trends with a distinctly political edge. (For archives prior to January 2007, please click here.)
Late on Wednesday, the Gates Foundation announced who would replace the long-departed Tom Vander Ark as chief of the education operation: Vicki Phillips, currently supe of the Portland public schools, starting in August. OK, great. Now what?
Posted by Alexander Russo on April 25, 2007 8:54 PM|Permalink
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That's a "wow!" Unlike her predecessor, she comes to the job with "been there, done that, got the tee shirt" in just about every respect in school reform except as a philanthropist. I first came across her while at NAS, but my great impression was her work in Lancaster PA, with an old college classmate turned school board chairman, the indomintable Art Dodge.
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That's a "wow!" Unlike her predecessor, she comes to the job with "been there, done that, got the tee shirt" in just about every respect in school reform except as a philanthropist. I first came across her while at NAS, but my great impression was her work in Lancaster PA, with an old college classmate turned school board chairman, the indomintable Art Dodge.
Posted by: Marc Dean Millot | April 26, 2007 8:16 AM