[regional_school] Re: Cuomo names deputy education secretary
- From: NSMULTER@xxxxxxx
- To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:29:49 -0400 (EDT)
No, but this bio sounds scary to me!!! Governors Association, America's
Choice, Teach for America??
In a message dated 9/9/2011 2:52:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
datias34@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Does anyone know of this guy?
http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/voteup/2011/09/09/cuomo-names-deputy-e
ducation-secretary/
Cuomo names deputy education secretary
Posted by _Cara Matthews_
(http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/voteup/author/clmatthe/) • September 9,
2011 • 12:08 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today that he has appointed David Wakelyn, who
has worked for the National Governors Association since 2009, as his
deputy secretary for education. At the Governors Association, Wakelyn led
projects to implement education standards and provided consultation to turn
around low-performing schools.
“With his extensive experience in improving the performance of schools all
across the nation, David Wakelyn is the right person to help turn around
our schools,” Cuomo said in a statement. “He is an expert in state policy
for education, and together we will deliver results for students and
families in New York.”
Wakelyn was senior policy analyst for the National Governors Association
from 2005 to 2009, leading a $4 million expansion of Advanced Placement
classes in six states. It increased enrollment of minority students by 89
percent and improved performance at a rate twice the national average, Cuomo
said.
Before joining the association, Wakelyn was a senior associate for America’
s Choice School Design. Prior to that, he was a research associate for the
Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He taught math to seventh- and
eighth-graders in California with Teach for America from 1990 to 1993.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s
Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis in 2006. He has a
master’s in
public administration from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor’s in
American history and political science from Vanderbilt University.
“David Wakelyn has a proven record of improving performance in schools all
across the United States, and I am confident he will deliver the same
results for New York,” Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board and
former West Virginia governor, said in a statement.
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