incoming Commissioner
January 17, 2008
Mitchell Dan Chester was unanimously chosen as the next MA Commissioner of Education
From the review process, three candidates were selected as finalists:
Karla Brooks Baehr has been Superintendent of the Lowell Public Schools since 2000, overseeing the state's fourth largest city. Prior to moving to Lowell she taught curriculum and instruction in a master's program at Lesley University's Graduate School of Education, served as Superintendent of the Wellesley Public Schools, and interim Superintendent in Lexington and Franklin. She is the current leader of the Urban Superintendent's Network and sits on the state Attorney General's Urban Violence Subcommittee. She lives in Newton.
Mitchell Dan Chester has been Senior Associate State Superintendent for the Ohio Department of Education since 2006. In this role he oversees education policy development, the state's accountability system and alignment with federal and state policy, and strategic planning. Prior to that he served as Ohio's Associate Superintendent for Policy and Accountability, director of Accountability and Assessment for the Philadelphia Public Schools and head of curriculum and instructional programs for the Connecticut Public Schools. He currently sits on the NAEP Contextual Data Panel, and is a former member of the U.S. Department of Education's Growth Model Peer Review Panel. He lives in Bexley, Ohio.
Richard Laine has served as director of education for the Wallace Foundation since 2002. In this role he is responsible for the Foundation's national effort to strengthen educational leadership and the conditions under which education leaders work. He currently leads the team overseeing a $300 million leadership initiative being implemented in 24 states, including Massachusetts. Prior to joining the Wallace Foundation he served as education director for the Illinois Business Roundtable, and Associate Superintendent for the Illinois State Board of Education. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.
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