New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy tapped Asbury Park Schools Superintendent Lamont Repollet as state education commissioner Friday to lead a shift in the state’s approach to standardized testing and expand prekindergarten. Mr. Repollet, 47 years old, will oversee the education of roughly 1.4 million public school students in a state that has faced decades of litigation over how to fund schools fairly. He has been chief of Asbury Park schools since 2014, leading a high-poverty district that outgoing Republican Gov. Chris Christie...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 12, 2018 18:48 UTC