José Rico New Dir WH Initiative On Educational Excellence For Hispanics

José Rico was appointed the new Director of the White House Initiative On Educational Excellence For Hispanics recently; he had been deputy director of the initiative for two years. Hispanically Speaking News reported:

Prior to his work with the Administration, Rico served from 2005-2009 as principal of Chicago’s Multicultural Arts High School, named by then Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan as founding principal in 2005.  He previously worked for the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Small Schools Workshop to help develop small, innovative learning communities in public schools.  He also worked during this time as a school improvement coach and on charter school projects with the Knowledge Works Foundation and the National Council of La Raza.