Michael Johnston, principal at Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts (MESA), has been selected to fill Senator Peter Groff’s vacant seat – ensuring that the Senate will not loose a crucial voice on education reform.
Groff was recently asked to join the Obama administration, in part, because of his work last year to pass ground-breaking legislation that allows schools to operate more freely from union and district oversight.
Johnston served as one of three top advisors on education policy during Obama’s Presidential campaign. Groff’s departure was seen as a huge loss by ed reformer, but Johnston’s selection by the vacancy committee will surely take some of the sting out of the loss.
