Georgia Department of Education
Nijia Byrd, Ed.D, serves as a Program Manager and Assessment Specialist at the Georgia Department of Education since January 2017. Prior to this role, Nijia held positions as Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator at KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools and Instructor/Evaluator/Coach at TNTP. Experience also includes serving as an Educator in the Wake County Public School System and as an Adjunct Instructor at ITT Technical Institute. Additionally, Nijia was a Mathematics Instructor at Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill and worked as an Educator and Department Chair at Dekalb County School System. Nijia holds a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education in Mathematics Education from Georgia State University, along with a Doctor of Education in Teacher Leadership from Walden University.
Georgia Department of Education
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The Georgia Department of Education sets policy for all public schools in the state and implements new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly. The Department trains teachers and principals, oversees federal education programs, tracks how schools are performing and manages the state’s K-12 budget. The Department also works directly with districts in an advisory capacity on school safety, charter schools and homeless students, among other areas. There are nearly 200 school systems in Georgia, employing 110,000 teachers. Those systems include Department of Juvenile Justice programs, state chartered schools and state schools for the blind and deaf. In the 2012-13 school year, there were 1.7 million public school students in Georgia attending 2,275 schools. We are making education work for all Georgians!