Jason Glass

Jason E. Glass is an American academic administrator serving as the associate vice president of teaching and learning at Western Michigan University since 2023. He was the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education from 2020 to 2023. Glass previously worked as the director of the Iowa Department of Education from 2010 to 2013 and superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado from 2017 to 2020. As of July 1, He currently serves as the Superintendent In the Palo Alto Unified School District in Palo Alto, California.

Life Glass was raised in Brandenburg, Kentucky. He earned a B.A. (1994) in political science and history, M.A. (1996) in education, and a M.A. (2007) in political science from the University of Kentucky. In 2011, he earned a doctor of education in educational leadership from Seton Hall University. He held several posts with the Colorado Department of Education and worked as a university instructor and high school teacher in Kentucky. He stepped down from the role on September 29, 2023, to become the associate vice president of teaching and learning Western Michigan University.