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Survey Data: The Chief Academic Officer’s Chain of Command

March 16, 2015 1 min read
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Most district officials who serve as chief academic officers answer directly to their school systems’ superintendents, though some CAOs report to other administrators, a survey by the Education Week Research Center shows.

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A version of this article appeared in the March 18, 2015 edition of Education Week

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