Governor Brian P. Kemp announced the appointment and re-appointment of 35 people to various state boards, authorities, and commissions, as well as one district attorney position.
Gary Bingham is a professor in the Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and Director of the Urban Child Study Center in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University. He is also a governing board member of the Institute of Education Sciences Southeast Regional Education Laboratory and a steering committee member of the Board of Regents Research on the Challenges of Acquiring Language and Literacy Initiative. Bingham is a former preschool teacher who earned his Ph.D. in child development and family studies from Purdue University. Bingham’s research is published in high-quality early childhood and language and literacy journals, including Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Reading Research Quarterly, Early Education and Development, Reading and Writing, and Language, and Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the American Education Research Journal, Early Education and Development, and The Reading Teacher.
Stan DeJarnett was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp as the Tenth Congressional District Representative to the State Board of Education and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board. He served for over 30 years as an educator in Georgia public schools as a music teacher, curriculum specialist, principal, and district leader. Prior to retirement, he served as Superintendent of the Morgan County Charter School System in Madison. Additionally, DeJarnett served for eight years as the Director of the Georgia Vision Project, a statewide initiative committed to promoting and improving public education. He has served in several leadership roles at the state and national level. DeJarnett received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Carolina University and his Doctorate in Educational…
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