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'''Paul Gregg Pastorek''' (born June 27, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-pastorek/e651738020328|title=Paul Pastorek|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref> is the president of the [[University of Arizona]] Global Campus in Chandler in Maricopa County, [[Arizona]], a post he has held since February 2021. An [[attorney]] and [[educator]], he was from 2007 to 2011 the state superintendent of education, based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was appointed to the position by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), of which he had been one of three appointed members from 1996 to 2004. BESE sets and monitors state education policy.

'''Paul Gregg Pastorek''' (born June 27, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-pastorek/e651738020328|title=Paul Pastorek|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=November 26, 2022}}</ref> is the president of the [[University of Arizona]] Global Campus in Chandler in Maricopa County, [[Arizona]]. An [[attorney]] and [[educator]], he was from 2007 to 2011 the state superintendent of education, based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was appointed to the position by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), of which he had been one of three appointed members from 1996 to 2004. BESE sets and monitors state education policy.

==Background==

==Background==

In 2013, Pastorek came to the defense of later superintendent [[John White]], who implemented the failed [[Common Core]] program in Louisiana despite reservations from various groups who fear federal intervention. At a conference in Washington, D.C., Pastorek said that the plan was originally proposed by state superintendents from across the nation, not by the [[United States Department of Education]]. Common Core, he said, is not a matter of indoctrination of school children in [[liberal]] politics but in establishing needed standards and achievement.<ref>Will Sentell, "Pastorek: Common Core criticism no surprise," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' October 31, 2013.</ref>

In 2013, Pastorek came to the defense of later superintendent [[John White]], who implemented the failed [[Common Core]] program in Louisiana despite reservations from various groups who fear federal intervention. At a conference in Washington, D.C., Pastorek said that the plan was originally proposed by state superintendents from across the nation, not by the [[United States Department of Education]]. Common Core, he said, is not a matter of indoctrination of school children in [[liberal]] politics but in establishing needed standards and achievement.<ref>Will Sentell, "Pastorek: Common Core criticism no surprise," ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' October 31, 2013.</ref>

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