Vallas says he's not running for Illinois governor

Declaring that he still has work to do to improve New Orleans schools, Paul Vallas says he won't run for governor of Illinois in 2010. Vallas, who has led the school systems in Chicago and Philadelphia, ran for governor of Illinois in 2002 but lost in the Democratic primary.To read The Chicago Sun-Times article, click here.

FROM 2007: Paul Vallas, superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans, will earn more than $238,000 a year and also is eligible to receive a $48,000 annual housing stipend and a $14,000 performance-based raise after three months. State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek says he will judge Vallas, the former Philadelphia and Chicago schools chief, on several benchmarks including a smooth opening of schools on Sept. 4, beefing up the number of teachers and administration staff and improving academics.
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Paul Vallas, the new superintendent of New Orleans' Recovery School District has unveiled several initiatives, including standardizing the curriculum in phases, launching professional development sessions for district staff in August and hiring about 20 principals.
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Two months before he officially takes over as superintendent of the Recovery District in New Orleans, Paul Vallas already bristles with promises of quick action, including launching an expanded summer academic program. Vallas envisions the program being held at at least 15 locations and getting it started before he officially starts work July 1. Under the plan, high school students would be able to make up credits to graduate and move on to the next grade. Elementary students who are falling behind could get extra help, he says. Click here to read The New Orleans Times-Picyaune article.

If New Orleans succeeds in a grand experiment to reform one of the nation's most troubled school systems, the city could pave the way for the rest of the nation, incoming Recovery District Superintendent Paul Vallas says.
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Calling him among "the top tier of superintendents in the country," Louisiana Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek has named outgoing Philadelphia schools CEO Paul Vallas superintendent of the Recovery School District in New Orleans.
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RELATED: When Vallas takes over the Recovery School District in New Orleans, he will take on what is seen as one of the more singular challenges in American education: creating a working school district where many of the buildings are ruined, many of the teachers are missing and thousands of students might return suddenly. When they do, they will be among the neediest—the poorest and lowest-achieving—in the nation.
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Paul Vallas is set to be named superintendent of yet another struggling urban school district - the Recover district in New Orleans. The Louisiana Department of Education has announced that Robin Jarvis will resign as the district's superintendent at the end of May. Sources said the job is expected to go to Vallas, who is leaving as Philadelphia's schools chief and is in New Orleans for two weeks doing consulting work for that district. The Recovery District directly operates 22 schools and more loosely oversees 17 charter schools, serving a total of 17,600 students.
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