Beverly Hall
Beverly La-Forte Hall (born c. 1948) is a Jamaican-American education administrator.[1] She has worked as the superintendent of schools in Queens, New York; Newark, New Jersey; and Atlanta, Georgia.[1][2]
Life and career
Hall was born in Jamaica and graduated from Saint Andrew High School for Girls in Saint Andrew Parish. She moved to the United States for college and received her undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College in 1970. She then received a master's degree from the City University of New York. Hall received her Ed.D. from Fordham University in 1990.[1][3]
Hall began her education career in several Brooklyn public schools. She taught English at Junior High School 265, then served as coordinator of Satellite West Junior High School, principal of P.S. 282, and principal of J.H.S. 113 (now Ronald Edmonds Learning Center).[4] While working as a Queens district superintendent in 1994, Hall was given "control of the city's high schools, special education programs and all other centrally controlled instructional programs" by Chancellor Ramon C. Cortines.[4]
She served as superintendent of the Newark Public Schools from 1995 to 1999, being appointed after the state of New Jersey took over the school system..
Hall was appointed superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools from 1999 until her resignation in 2010. In 2009, the American Association of School Administrators named Hall as National Superintendent of the Year, mentioning Atlanta's "significant gains in student achievement over the past 10 years."[5] She was indicted on March 29, 2013, by a Fulton County grand jury in relation to her role in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Schools unseen, chief tapped Atlanta has apparently wooed Beverly Hall from Newark, N.J." Carter, Rochelle. The Atlanta Journal the Atlanta Constitution 20 Feb 1999: p. B.05.
- ^ "Should Atlanta Superintendent Beverly Hall step down?" Long, Ralph; Hudson, Joe; Barr-Davenport, Leona. The Atlanta Journal - Constitution 12 Aug 2010: p. A.17.
- ^ Hall, Beverly La-Forte (1990). Leadership, the Black urban superintendency, and school reform in New York City . ETD Collection for Fordham University. Paper AAI9109261.
- ^ a b Dillon, Sam (January 21, 1994). In Consolidation, Cortines Gives New Aide Broad Powers. New York Times
- ^ Tofig, Dana (February 20, 2009). Atlanta's Beverly Hall is National Superintendent of the Year.
- ^ Staff report (March 29, 2013). Ex-APS Superintendent Beverly Hall, others indicted. WSBTV