Merryl Tisch

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Merryl Tisch
Merryl Tisch at Shema Kolainu legislative breakfast.jpg
Tisch speaks at the annual Shema Kolainu legislative breakfast in 2015
Born
Merryl Hiat
Education Barnard College (BS)
New York University (MA)
Columbia University (EdD)
Occupation(s)Schoolteacher
Educational Administrator
Known forFormer Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents
Spouse James S. Tisch
ChildrenJessica Sarah Tisch Levine
Benjamin Jacob Tisch
Samuel Aaron Tisch
ParentPhilip Hiat
Family Wilma Tisch (mother-in-law)
Laurence Tisch (father-in-law)

Merryl H. Tisch is the former Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents and wife of James S. Tisch, an heir to the Loews Corporation. In November 2015, she stepped down from her role after nearly 20 years on the board. [1]

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Background

Tisch was born Merryl Hiat to Rabbi Philip Hiat. [2] [3] Merryl's sister, Susan Hiat, married (since divorced) to James's brother, Andrew Tisch in 1972. She received a B.A. from Barnard College, an M.A. from New York University and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She taught first graders at the Ramaz School in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and at the B'nai Jeshurun School from 1977 to 1984. [4]

Tisch has served in various civic service positions, including at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the UJA-Federation of New York, the Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the Citizens Budget Commission. Tisch is the chairperson of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. Tisch is on the Board of the Dalton School on the Upper East Side and Barnard College. [5] [6]

Controversies

She said that budget restraints left the Board in May 2011 with no choice other than to cancel January Regents tests. At the end of May 2011, principals affiliated with the New Visions for Public Schools signed a letter of complaint directed to Tisch and the Board, arguing that the elimination of the tests would lead to a higher dropout rate and would cost the state money. [7]

She has criticized Pearson PLC, the education text and test publisher, recently questioning its ability to handle its growing workload. "Obviously, the public is starting to question, I think, very aggressively with us whether or not they're able to manage all of the things they've taken on." [8]

Following a protest rally at Albany by the New York State United Teachers, she acknowledged that New York State would hold off on a plan to raise the percentage by which test scores would count in a teacher's evaluation from 20 percent to 25 percent. A provision in the state's evaluation law, passed in 2010, allows for the increase if officials adopt a more complex "value-added" model to measure student growth. [9]

She faced organized opposition when she returned on May 21, 2013 to her alma mater, Teachers College, for an award. Education professor and activist Diane Ravitch dubbed her "the Doyenne of high-stakes testing. [10]

Political involvements

In April 2004, Tisch considered running for the Upper East Side City Council seat then held by term-limited council member Eva Moskowitz [11] . She was also floated as a possible mayoral candidate in 2013 to uphold "plutocratic principles. [12] In April 2013, Tisch announced that she would become chairwoman of the campaign of former New York City comptroller Democrat Bill Thompson. [13] Among her activities in the Thompson campaign, she hosted the June 12 Women for Thompson event, at which major attendees were Randi Weingarten, Hazel Dukes and Kauturia D'Amato, wife of former Republican U.S. Senator Alphonse D'Amato. The New York Post criticized her concurrent work in the Board of Regents and her leading role in the Thompson campaign as "moonlighting." [14]

Tisch's husband James was an active supporter of Joe Lhota, the Republican front-runner in the 2013 New York City mayoral race. [15]

Personal life

Tisch is married to James S. Tisch, the heir [16] to the Loews Corporation. They have three children: [17]

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  2. 1 2 "Eliana Bavli and Samuel Tisch". The New York Times. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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  10. ↑ "Teachers College to Honor Doyenne of High-Stakes Testing | Diane Ravitch's blog". Dianeravitch.net. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
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  20. ↑ "Mayor de Blasio Appoints Jessica Tisch as Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology a" (Press release). New York City Office of the Mayor. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. ↑ New York Times: Weddings: "Jessica Tisch and Daniel Levine" November 19, 2006
  22. ↑ New York State Board of Regents: MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS: Merryl H. Tisch, Chancellor retrieved June 7, 2012
  23. ↑ New York Times: "Daniela Weber and Benjamin Tisch" November 20, 2011
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