JACKSON — Lynn House, who led the Mississippi Department of Education for more than a year as interim superintendent, is leaving the department.
House will join the International Center for Leadership in Education, based in Rexford, N.Y. The group helps schools improve their curriculum, teaching and testing, as well as to advocate for educational improvements.
House agreed to stay on temporarily when Carey Wright was named Mississippi’s new superintendent in September to help Wright with the handover of leadership.
Before being named interim leader in 2012, House had served as deputy superintendent for instructional enhancement and internal operations since 2010.
“It has been a wonderful opportunity to be back at the MDE over the last four years,” House said in a statement. “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the MDE staff, superintendents and legislators who are committed to improving education in our state,” she said.
House said she may also work with the National Institute for School Leadership in primarily coaching principals.
She held a variety of earlier positions, including at the Mississippi College Board and the Louisiana Board of Regents. She was dean of education at Delta State University from 2003 to 2006.
A DeSoto County native, House was also an elementary school principal, a teacher and a central office employee.
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