Another member of the truth squad is leaving the Department of Education: deputy press secretary Andrew Jacob departed the press office this week after four years there. Regular readers of this site will recognize Jacob from his comments on data, testing, progress reports and school enrollment. We expect to hear again from him soon — he starts today in his new position as a policy communications manager at The New Teacher Project.
In spite of our subtle suggestions that the DOE give us the files of departing press aides, officials said they hope to replace Jacob and they’ve already brought in a new press officer to replace Melody Meyer, who left the department a month ago. Danny Kanner, most recently spokesman for David Yassky’s comptroller campaign, has already begun work and we welcome him to the fray.