In 1951 the legislature established a board of education, appointed by the governor.
Supervision of public schools is conducted by elected state and county superintendents, and higher education is coordinated by the regents for higher education, appointed by the governor.
To Potami, a liberal party, discovered that 11 of the 13 regional directors of education appointed by the government were Syriza members.
Philadelphia's public school system is an independent governmental unit operating under a board of education appointed by the mayor on the recommendation of a citizens' nominating panel.
Hunt also said he would like to see groups of local authorities such as in Greater Manchester, Sheffield or Nottinghamshire assuming responsibility for school education, appointing independent directors responsible for commissioning schools and maintaining standards.
And again, the lack of professionalism in higher education, appointing people to the board, to leadership positions, based on patronage and political connections rather than commitment to academic excellence.
A committee on education appointed by Mr Perry concluded in January that "Texas is not globally competitive" and gave warning that it "faces a downward spiral in both quality of life and economic competitiveness".The other, even more important, reason to expect change is internal.
The board, which sets statewide education policy, appoints the education commissioner.
The report recommended that all local authorities keep central records of children outside of full-time education, and appoint a named person to take responsibility.
State education officials appoint the Roosevelt superintendent and four of the five school board members; the fifth was elected for the first time this spring, and the rest of the board is scheduled to return to local control by 2011.
She is Cathie Black, a career magazine-industry executive with no work experience in education; in appointing her, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is showing that he doesn't trust educators, even those with reformist reputations, to run the school system.
