LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Board of Education is expected to name a new state education commissioner this week to replace Roger Breed, who retired last summer.

The board recently announced the names of four finalists for the position. They are:

— Matthew Blomstedt, of Central City, who currently is executive director of the Nebraska

Educational Service Unit Coordinating Council;

— Virginia Moon, of Omaha, who most recently served as interim superintendent of Omaha

Public Schools;

— Norman Ridder, of Springfield, Mo., who currently is superintendent of Springfield

Public Schools.

— And Michael Sentance, of Concord, Mass., who most recently was president of

Education Reform Strategies for a UK-based international consultancy, Tribal Group, USA.

The Board of Education is expected to name the new commissioner Wednesday or Thursday.