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3 unusual facts about Commissioner of Education


Commissioner of Education

Although the Assistant Secretary of Education then became the highest federal education position, the office of Commissioner of Education continued to exist in the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare until 1980, when the post was phased out due to the creation of the Cabinet-level Department of Education.

General Learning

Former Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GLC from 1966-1974.

New York State Education Department Building

Dr. Andrew Sloan Draper was the first Commissioner of Education of New York and wanted a separate Education Building to provide more space for the growing agency.


William Torrey Harris

Harris was associated with Bronson Alcott's Concord School of Philosophy from 1880 to 1889, when he became U.S. Commissioner of Education, serving until 1906.


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Create Charter High School

The school was run independently of the Jersey City Public Schools since it opened in September 2001 and was shut down in June 2010 after receiving notice from Acting Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler that the charter would be withdrawn as the school had failed to achieve its goals, including having less than 5% of graduating seniors reaching the proficient level on the language arts and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.

George Arundale

Following his wedding, he deemed it best to reside outside outside Chennai for a few years and accepted an offer from the Maharaja of Indore in central India to serve as the Commissioner of Education of that state.

Haultain, Saskatoon

Haultain School was opened in 1924, and named in honour of Sir Frederick Haultain, former Commissioner of Education and later first Premier of the Northwest Territories.

John Naisbitt

In the world of politics he was assistant to the Commissioner of Education under President John F. Kennedy and served as special assistant to HEW Secretary John Gardner during the Johnson administration.