The three most innovative urban school chiefs are Michelle Rhee of the District of Columbia, Paul Vallas of New Orleans and Joel Klein of New York City.
The district, 25 miles north of New York City in Rockland County, has been settled rapidly in recent years by Jews from the Hasidic and other sects who came from their traditional strongholds of Brooklyn.
It has lost its contracts as the primary supplier to New York City, Los Angeles and the District of Columbia to Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people ).
What began as a small group of disaffected protesters hunkered down near the financial district in New York City is quickly becoming a national, and potentially global, movement.
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The Review was dealing with bureaucracies like the New York City Department of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District, a far cry from affluent parents eager to write checks that might buy an Ivy League admission.
The company said the posts would be created at a new "tax centre of excellence"' in the city's financial district from this summer.
The strategy helped Mr. Weiner win re-election by healthy margins in a district with conservative leanings and gave him a history of working on New York City issues as he looked toward running for mayor.
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New York City, the country's largest school district, is one of only a handful of districts in the state that lost money because it failed to hammer out an agreement with its union by a Jan. 17 deadline.
Of course the city has a wonderful new arts, entertainment and housing district downtown.
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Mr. Barron is a self-described fighter and strong advocate for his predominately black district, which includes parts of East New York and Brownsville, some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city.
The new town is part of the East Devon Growth Point plan by the county council, East Devon District Council, Exeter City Council and the Homes and Community Agency.
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