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The upper echelons of K12 are staffed with people from a variety of professional backgrounds, but most come in from the political right. Packard, a vice president for KU, has assumed the mantle of CEO for K12. Among eleven vice presidents are Charles
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Zogby, Education and Policy; David Niemi, Testing and Assessment; and Gregg Vanourek, School Division.
Zogby was an aide to Tom Ridge when Ridge was governor of Pennsylvania. When Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Eugene Hickok, departed to be George W. Bush’s Under Secretary of Education, Ridge appointed Zogby as secretary. In his various positions, Zogby championed vouchers and charter schools and was particularly enthusiastic about—and active in bringing in—for-profit Educational Management Organizations, such as Edison Schools, Inc., to take over some schools in the Philadelphia public school district. |