title: Commissioner of Education
text: # Commissioner of Education
  
  Commissioner of Education is a title used in a number of different governmental education departments or ministries. It may refer to:
  
  * The head of the Rivers State Ministry of Education in Nigeria
  * The head of Tanzania's Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
  * United States Commissioner of Education, a position that existed historically in the U.S. federal government
  * Educational leadership positions in several individual U.S. states, including:
     * The head of the Florida Department of Education
     * The head of the Kentucky Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, a leader of Kentucky Education
     * The chief officer of the Massachusetts Board of Education
     * Commissioner of Education of the State of New York
     * The head of the Texas Education Agency
     * Vermont State Commissioner of Education, leader of the Vermont Department of Education
  