Erroll B. Davis Jr. is currently the Interim Superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with interim superintendent Erroll Davis...

 school district

School district

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

. Previously, Davis served as the Chancellor

Chancellor

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 of the University System of Georgia

University System of Georgia

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, where he was responsible for the state’s 35 public colleges and universities. He has also served as the Chairman of the Board at Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy

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 Corporation and President/CEO of WPL Holdings. Davis is a former Democratic

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 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....

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