Atlanta Public Schools could lose a key player in Meria Carstarphen’s turnaround plan with the announcement today that Donyall Dickey, APS chief schools officer and the chief academic officer, is the sole finalist for the superintendent’s job in Portland, Oregon.
In a release today, Portland Public Schools said: “Dr. Dickey is an innovative educational leader who has advanced quickly in his career delivering notable results as a teacher, principal and district-wide leader for thousands of students in several large school districts.”
“Donyall’s career has been driven by a commitment to equity, instructional excellence and accountability for results,” said Portland Public Schools Board Chair Tom Koehler. “His repeated success in turning around underperforming schools in large urban school districts in a short amount of time demonstrates his unique ability to put in place operational systematic changes that support teachers, spur student achievement and improve schools. His leadership style engages the community to motivate and deliver results for students. This is exactly the kind of academic leadership and community experience we need at this time in PPS.”
Dickey came to Atlanta in the fall of 2015 from Philadelphia.
To read more, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.
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