Friday, December 01, 2006
Corkins Replacement Watch
Who will replace Bob Corkins as Kansas Education Commissioner? Chris Moon of the Topeka Capitol Journal says a number of names have begun to surface:
• Alexa Posny, director of the Office for Special Education Programs for the U.S. Department of Education (Posny had served as deputy education commissioner in Kansas.)
• Kurt Steinhaus, deputy education secretary for the New Mexico Public Education Department
• John Morton, superintendent of the Newton school district
• Gary Price, superintendent of the Pittsburg school district
• John Heim, superintendent of the Emporia school district
• Brenda Dietrich, superintendent of the Auburn-Washburn school district
