Article: The road ahead for education.(Conversations: Randi Weingarten)(Interview)

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RANDI WEINGARTEN, HEAD OF the New York City teachers union United Federation of Teachers, took on the additional role of president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union in the country, this past July. An endorser of Barack Obama, she traveled through 18 states to campaign on his behalf and was rumored to have been under consideration for education secretary. She has since praised the man Obama eventually nominated, Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan. Weingarten recently spoke to DA about her priorities going forward. Of utmost importance to her is the AFT Innovation Fund, a $1 million initiative ...

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