An Alumnus, Madison's Interim Superintendent: Jane Belmore

A few links on Madison's interim Superintendent, Jane Belmore. Belmore was Madison's Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools before moving to the School of Education at nearby Edgewood College.

Madison School District links.

Blekko

Clusty

Bing

Google

And, of course, there are quite a few schoolinfosystem.org links, including this post on the District's reading problems.

Reading, which is clearly the District's job number one, continues to be a challenge, according to this 2009 Reading Recovery study: 60% to 42%: Madison School District's Reading Recovery Effectiveness Lags "National Average": Administration seeks to continue its use.

Finally, a bit of history on Madison Superintendent hires over the years.

Dan Simmons article mentioned the School District's spokeswoman: Rachel Strauch-Nelson. Interestingly, Ms. Strauch-Nelson formerly worked for Madison's previous Mayor, Dave Cieslewicz and prior to that for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Chief Information Officer Andrew Statz also worked for the previous Mayor.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 3, 2012 1:57 PM
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