Besides criticized for his lack of experience for the job, appointed in 2011, there were many complaints about his overall leadership and statewide public relations fiascos from standardized testing to teacher evaluations.
As the youngest state education commissioner, his leadership has come under attack for his implementation of the APPR teacher evaluation system followed by the Common Core Curriculum.
And his interference in the Buffalo Public School System, including his public criticism of former Superintendent Dr, Pamela Brown had caused him problems with the former African American female majority bloc on the Buffalo Board of Education, especially former at large school board member Florence Johnson.
Interestingly , Interim Superintendent of the Buffalo Schools, Donald A. Ogilvie was pursued by the new majority bloc on the Buffalo School Board because of his association with Commissioner King.
And is the Interim Superintendent Ogilvie still stepping down after one year? And the distinguish educator Judy Elliot, what happens to her post?
Also, what will happen to the BOCES CTE programs students in two Buffalo schools are enrolled?
And now that he has quit as the commissioner, what will happen to the Buffalo Schools turnaround plans for the four schools and the threat of closures?
And now that he has quit as the commissioner, what will happen to the Buffalo Schools turnaround plans for the four schools and the threat of closures?
“It is the best early Christmas present I could have hoped for. Hopefully the Board of Regents will take their time and find a commissioner who is able to engage the field and help bring education in New York forward," said Carol Burris, who was named New York’s 2013 High School Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York and the National Association of Secondary School Principals in a Valerie Strauss article on the Answer Sheet Washington Post.
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