Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch won't seek another term
The leader of the New York State Board of Regents will not seek a new term. Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch made the announcement at the start of board meeting in Albany Monday morning.
Tisch was first selected to serve as chancellor in 2009. She has been with the Board of Regents for 20-years, first appointed in 1996. She was re-elected to five-year terms in 2001, 2006 and 2011.
Tisch has been in charged since the implementation of the highly controversial Common Core Learning Standards.
The Executive director of the Network for Public Education Foundation, Carol Burris, was in our studio earlier this month, where she called for Tisch to step aside."I think that it's time for Merryl Tisch to go," stated Burris.
When we reached Burris Monday afternoon, the retired Long-Island Principal, said she was 'very pleased' to learn Tisch would be leaving when her term ends in March.
"She created a lot of problems for the students and the schools in New York State as well meaning as she might be, and I'm really looking forward to new leadership in that position," responded Burris.
Burris said Tisch should have stepped aside during the back-lash over Common Core.
"Many of the decisions she made and push were weak ones," said Burris. "I think if she had put life-time educators in that position, I think it would have been a more successful term, instead she was heavily involved during the very difficult time and I think she made a lot of poor decisions. It's going to take a while for New York to recover from that."
Tisch is a former first-grade teacher. Her current term ends in March.
In announcing her decision, Tisch urged board members to continue to pursue higher learning standards.
The New York State United Teachers also reacting to Tisch's announcement. The union issued a statement saying it 'opens the door to a new direction in state education policy — one that more fully respects the voices of parents and teachers and values teaching and learning ahead of standardized testing and data-driven Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch won't seek another term | WBFO: