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Strauss: Could Tony Bennett Be Offered A Job In Florida?

    We’re passing this along from Valerie Strauss, who blogs at WaPo’s The Answer Sheet as an FYI — we cannot vouch for its accuracy, but know this idea’s out there:

    “Members of the Florida Board of Education are interested in offering the job of state schools superintendent to Tony Bennett, the Indiana schools chief who just got ousted by voters, people who know the thinking of board members tell me. This isn’t a big surprise. Bennett’s reform agenda has been strongly influenced by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor who pioneered market-based school reform in the Sunshine State and has been selling it around the country.”

    Read more at: www.washingtonpost.com

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