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Changing of the Guard

Before posting more on I Wish I Had A Crystal Ball, I thought it important to discuss that Arne Duncan was confirmed today and Ron Huberman has been appointed in his place to head the Chicago Public Schools.

Huberman is new CPS chief
From the AP Newsroom
January 27 14:06:00, 2009
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(AP) — Chicago’s public school system has a new CEO.

Mayor Richard Daley has named Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman as the new chief executive of the country’s third-biggest school district.
The 37-year-old takes over from Arne Duncan, who left to serve as secretary of education in the Obama administration.
Huberman has led the CTA since 2007. For the two year before that, he served as Daley’s chief of staff. Earlier, he was director of the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications.

Huberman has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has master’s degrees in business administration and social service administration from the University of Chicago.

Hmmm, I wonder if this will be a good appointment or if there will be problems. Another non-educator taking over the management of a large school district, what do you think?