Jean-Claude Brizard was born on January 12,1963 and is an American former school superintendent.
12 Facts About Jean-Claude Brizard
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Jean-Claude Brizard served as chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools from 2011 to 2012.
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Directly before coming to Chicago, Brizard served as the superintendent of the Rochester City School District.
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Jean-Claude Brizard is best known as an education reformer, a strong charter school advocate and a champion of labor reform, particularly in regards to limiting teacher tenure status.
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Jean-Claude Brizard is a former senior advisor and deputy director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he specialized in education.
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Jean-Claude Brizard started his career as a teacher, then an administrator, in the New York School System.
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Jean-Claude Brizard is currently president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise Global.
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Jean-Claude Brizard began his career as an instructor at Rikers Island, later moving to George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School, where he taught physics and became principal in 1999.
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Jean-Claude Brizard attended the Superintendents' Academy of the Broad Center for the Management of School Systems in 2007.
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Jean-Claude Brizard was nominated by Rahm Emanuel to be CEO of Chicago Public Schools on May 6,2011.
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Jean-Claude Brizard stepped down after 17 months on October 11,2012.
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Rumors of Jean-Claude Brizard's resignation were first reported by several news organizations on August 31,2012, but were denied by Mayor Emanuel directly.