Tony bennett indiana superintendent biography books
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Tony Bennett (superintendent)
Tony Bennett (born 1960) is an American educator and former government official.
Tony bennett indiana superintendent biography books
A member of the Republican Party, Bennett was elected Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2008. He lost reelection to Democrat Glenda Ritz in the 2012 election.
Bennett was later appointed Florida Commissioner of Education in 2012, a position he held until 2013.
Early life
Tony Bennett was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1960, and grew up in the neighboring town of Clarksville.
As a child, Bennett attended St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School before attending and graduating from Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School in his teenage years. Though Bennett later became a Republican, he grew up in a Democratic household, as his father was a blue-collar Democrat while his mother was a Kennedy Democrat from New England.
Education and career
Bennett received his Doctor of Education and Indiana Superintendent's License from Spalding University in 20