Following is a press release from the Board of Ed about its newest member.

The New Haven Board of Education will gain a national expert in minority student achievement and instructional leadership when Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. swears in Dr. M. Ann Levett of the Yale Child Study Center at the Board of Education meeting, 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007.

Dr. M. Ann Levett, executive director of the School Development Program at Yale University, has agreed to serve on the Board of Education, replacing Patricia McCann-Vissepo, who has finished her term. Dr. Levett will serve through 2011. Her appointment brings the board to full strength at eight members.   more »