Jean-Claude Brizard
Jean-Claude Brizard | |
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| 4th CEO of Chicago Public Schools | |
| In office May 30, 2011 – October 11, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Huberman Terry Mazany (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Byrd-Bennett |
| Superintendent of Rochester City School District | |
| In office January 1, 2008 – May 13, 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 12, 1963 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Spouse | K. Brooke Stafford (m. 1992) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Queens College, City University of New York |
| Profession | Educator Education Associate with Bill and Melinda Gates foundation |
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Jean-Claude Brizard (born January 12, 1963) is an American former school superintendent. He served as chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools from 2011 to 2012. Directly before coming to Chicago, Brizard served as the superintendent of the Rochester City School District. 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. He is a former senior advisor and deputy director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he specialized in education. Brizard started his career as a teacher, then an administrator, in the New York School System. He is currently president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise Global.