Here's my Sunday column. It's about Portland school leadership in the post-Vicki Phillips era. It was inspired by the five people angling for the vacant seat on the Portland School Board. They have ...

During her three years as superintendent of Portland schools, ending in 2007, Phillips drove the creation of many K-8 schools. Now the district is considering converting most of them back to separate ...

The departure of state Secretary of Education Vicki Phillips for a post in Oregon caught her supporters and detractors in Lancaster by surprise. Phillips, who resigned just over a year ago as ...

Superintendent Vicki Phillips' last week at the helm of Portland Public School's shrinking ship was a "Mission Accomplished" tour de force, a 1-2-3 punch of positive publicity—minus the flight suit.

Vicki Lynn Phillips grew up in Falls of Rough, Ky., a town she calls a "little bitty postage stamp of a place"-essentially a streetcorner with a flour mill, a post office and a general store. She ...

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The National Geographic Society on Friday hired former School District of Lancaster superintendent Vicki Phillips to the newly created position of chief education officer. In her new job, which begins ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Geographic Society today announced the appointment of nationally recognized educator Dr. Vicki Phillips to the new role of chief education officer ...