HARRISBURG, Pa (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Pennsylvania will soon be in need of a new Secretary of Education.
Current secretary Pedro Rivera has been hired as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster.
Governor Tom Wolf plans to nominate Noe Ortega to replace Rivera; he's currently Deputy Secretary for Post-secondary and Higher Education.
“Noe Ortega has a proven record of advocating for equity and access for all students,” said Gov. Wolf. “Recently, Noe has been spearheading Pennsylvania’s efforts to diversify our educator pipeline to make our classrooms better reflect the students we educate, and his expertise will continue to advance the department’s mission of ensuring Pennsylvania’s learners have access to the educational opportunities that will help them succeed.”
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Rivera has been in Wolf's cabinet from the beginning of his term more than five years ago.
“Under Pedro Rivera’s leadership Pennsylvania adopted the landmark basic education funding formula, the Future Ready PA Index, an innovative school measuring tool for communities to more easily evaluate how their schools are performing, and implemented a school improvement strategy to provide struggling schools with resources and guidance to help them develop plans responsive to local conditions and needs,” said Gov. Wolf. “His leadership has been critical during the commonwealth’s response to COVID-19 and the relationships he cultivated with education stakeholders during his tenure have strengthened the ties between state and local partners and allowed local schools to inform state education policy.”
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