Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 23:35:57 GMT -6
COLUMBUS: The state’s new public schools chief wants Ohio to develop a sweeping vision for its education system as it adapts to a new federal law allowing states more flexibility over testing, academics and struggling schools, he said in an interview Monday.
Superintendent Paolo DeMaria was hired last month in a rare unanimous vote of the state school board. Sending a buoyant signal of the enthusiasm expressed on the day of that vote, DeMaria bicycled to work on his first day and then joined about 300 Department of Education employees for doughnuts in the lobby while wearing his “ODE Proud!” t-shirt. He described the experience as “just plain fun.”
“I think in some ways the negative publicity has been on the periphery and, in some ways, a distraction,” he told the Associated Press in an interview. “The fundamentals of the work that goes on here are really fulfilling and satisfying, and I think that’s why people love it.”
DeMaria is a respected education policy expert in the state who’s worked under both Republican and Democratic governors. After past stints going back to the 1980s that also included working in the state legislature, the Education Department and as state budget director, he worked most recently as a consultant.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/new-ohio-schools-chief-gathers-ideas-for-education-strategy-1.693204
Superintendent Paolo DeMaria was hired last month in a rare unanimous vote of the state school board. Sending a buoyant signal of the enthusiasm expressed on the day of that vote, DeMaria bicycled to work on his first day and then joined about 300 Department of Education employees for doughnuts in the lobby while wearing his “ODE Proud!” t-shirt. He described the experience as “just plain fun.”
“I think in some ways the negative publicity has been on the periphery and, in some ways, a distraction,” he told the Associated Press in an interview. “The fundamentals of the work that goes on here are really fulfilling and satisfying, and I think that’s why people love it.”
DeMaria is a respected education policy expert in the state who’s worked under both Republican and Democratic governors. After past stints going back to the 1980s that also included working in the state legislature, the Education Department and as state budget director, he worked most recently as a consultant.
Read more: www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/new-ohio-schools-chief-gathers-ideas-for-education-strategy-1.693204