{"id":360693,"date":"2025-11-06T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360693\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:49:12","slug":"texas-education-agency-appoints-conservator-for-fort-worth-isd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360693\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Education Agency appoints conservator for Fort Worth ISD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Texas Education Agency has appointed a conservator to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/fort-worth\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/fort-worth\/\">Fort Worth<\/a> Independent School District on Thursday to support the district\u2019s low-performing campuses and implement the turnaround plans, according to a news release from the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Christopher Ruszkowski will serve as the TEA conservator for the district, the release said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">He will oversee and direct the actions of the school administration, including the principals and superintendents, report to the agency on the governance activities and academic progress, and attend board meetings and executive sessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cThis conservator appointment is another opportunity to engage in public service of the highest calling,\u201d Ruszkowski said in a statement shared by the TEA.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Lab<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Receive our in-depth coverage of education issues and stories that affect North Texans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/YBHCILM54ZAMNNSC7HQY7NZGFQ.jpg\" alt=\"The Fort Worth ISD school board listens to public comment during a special school board...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout my three decades in education, I\u2019ve been honored to take on unique roles during critical inflection points for schools, states and organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Ruszkowski previously served as the Secretary of Education for New Mexico and Chief Talent Officer and Associate Secretary of Education for Delaware, according to information provided by the TEA.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RLPHDJ6DRFG6TDTY3VM6LGX6RM.jpg\" alt=\"Education Commissioner Mike Morath (right) visits with State Board of Education District 11...\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">He also serves as the TEA conservator for IDEA Public Schools, one of the largest charter school networks in the state since last year. He is a first-generation American who has obtained degrees from Stanford University and the University of Minnesota, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas Education Agency has appointed a conservator to the Fort Worth Independent School District on Thursday to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":360694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,407,7371,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-360693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}