Mamie Till Mobley

"There was an important mission for me, to shape so many...young minds as a teacher. God took away one child but...(gave) me thousands. And I have been grateful for the blessing." Mamie Till Mobley

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Super Dixon rumored to appoint an insider as chief academic officer

Buffalo News education blogger, Mary Pasciak wrote today the elevator talk in City Hall is that  interim Super Amber Dixon plans to appoint an insider to the second highest academic post in the Buffalo Board of Education. Fran Wilson, a community superintendent rumored to be appointed to the exempt post of chief academic officer.  Former Super James A. Williams abolished this post to create instead the deputy superintendent to appoint Dr.  Folasade Oladele who once held the job. Yvonne Hargrave  held the post until appointed interim superintendent  in 2004.

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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)

Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
"Let’s be honest: we need a lot more well-off, well-educated white folks with a personal stake in both charter schools and education reform in general if we’re going to take reform to the next level, both politically and operationally.Whitney Tilson, hedge fund manager and major funding angel for the school privatizing Democrats for Education Reform, thinks there’s not enough rich, educated white folks.( Preaprez) click photo to his blog.

Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan
U.S. Secretary of Education, click photo