Rush appointed to Blue Ribbon Commission 10-25-01

Dr. Gary Rush, PreK-16+ coordinator at LSU in Shreveport, was recently appointed to Louisiana’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Educational Excellence.

The commission functioned during 1999-2001 as the Blue Ribbon Commission for Teacher Quality. The members of that group made many decisions regarding changes in teacher education. The charge for the current commission members is to study program changes being made; analyze methods of collecting data to be used by legislators, educators, and other service providers; identify questions that need to be answered about PreK-16 education in Louisiana through the alignment of data bases, and identify other issues that need to be addressed to better align PreK-16+ education in the sate.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Educational Excellence consists of members of the Board of Regents, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, state representatives and senators, members of the teaching profession from kindergarten through higher education, and community members. Frances T. Henry, of the Board of Regents, chairs the commission. Glenny Lee Buquet, of the BESE, is vice chairperson.

Rush formerly served as dean of the College of Education and associate vice-chancellor of academic affairs at LSU in Shreveport. He has served for more than 40 years as a teacher, principal, college teacher, and administrator in several southern states, and has participated actively in redesign work in Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina.