Arizona’s Crandall sole finalist for Colorado education commissioner

Richard Crandall /Photo provided by Chalkbeat
Richard Crandall /Photo provided by Chalkbeat

By Eric Gorski | The Denver Post

A Republican former state lawmaker from Arizona who briefly served as the chief of schools in Wyoming is in line to become Colorado’s next education commissioner.

The state Board of Education, which has been bitterly divided over a number of contentious issues in the past year, voted 6-0 Monday to name Richard Crandall, 48, sole finalist for the position.

Considered to be a moderate Republican, Crandall played a key role in ushering in major changes to education policy in Arizona, including backing the state’s adoption of the Common Core state standards and crafting a teacher evaluation law.

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